Malihe Razazan

1 week ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan |Rose Aguilar

On this edition of Your Call's Media Roundtable, we discuss an Al Jazeera/Reveal documentary about US physicians who’ve volunteered in Gaza. They report witnessing a disturbing and systemic pattern of children shot by the Israeli military. They’re now pushing for accountability. The US-backed Israeli assault on Gaza has killed about 17,500 children since October 2023, most of whom have died in indiscriminate bombings.

1 week ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan |Rose Aguilar

On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, The Nation's abortion access correspondent Amy Littlefield discusses her report on one of the last remaining clinics in the US that provides third-trimester abortions. She writes, Democrats love to avoid it, and Republicans love to lie about it, but later-abortion care has never been more important. Since Roe was overturned almost three years ago, abortion bans have pushed some patients further into pregnancy.

2 weeks ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan

On this edition of Your Call's Media Roundtable, we discuss the GOP's budget, which calls for deep cuts to Medicaid, food stamps, healthcare, eduction and other key programs. The legislation contains one of the largest Medicaid funding cuts in modern history, projected to be nearly $700 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The legislation also cuts $290 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the food aid program for low-income Americans.

2 weeks ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan

On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we discuss a ProPublica investigation exposing how the State Department has pressured African governments to advance Elon Musk’s business interests. According to the report, senior State Department officials have coordinated with executives from Musk’s satellite internet company Starlink to coax Gambian government ministers to help Musk. It’s not just Gambia.

2 weeks ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan

On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we discuss the environmental and health impacts of AI data centers on frontline communities. The growing demand for massive data centers to handle energy-intensive tasks, such as cryptocurrency mining and artificial intelligence processing, has prompted tech companies to look for cheap land, electricity, water, and other resources across the country to house and feed giant data centers.