KQED's Perspectives

Andrew Lewis: Bearing Witness 21.11.2022 3:57 ↓

Andrew Lewis says Ukrainians are showing the world what it means to defend democracy.

Les Bloch: Spinning Stories 18.11.2022 3:57 ↓

Stories are basic to what we tell one another since we could put words together. But in this communications age, Les Bloch says it takes extra effort to know just what the story says.

Niles Goldstein: Antisemitism On The Rise 17.11.2022 3:54 ↓

Rabbi Niles Goldstein discusses what Jewish communities and their allies can do about the recent surge in antisemitism.

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau: Food Waste and Animals 16.11.2022 3:59 ↓

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau says the huge amounts of food waste generated by people can have dire consequences for animals.

Connie Chung: The Abused Voter 15.11.2022 3:50 ↓

The explosion of the initiative process has nearly turned voters into alternative legislators and despite her efforts to cast informed votes Connie Chung worries about what she doesn’t know.

Jim McClellan: The More You Know 14.11.2022 3:55 ↓

Jim McClellan used to be troubled by the gap between what he’s learned and what he doesn’t know, but now he knows better.

Susan Dix Lyons: Living My Mother's Dream 11.11.2022 3:55 ↓

Susan Dix Lyons traces the dreams of her mother to her own dream of a life in California.

Tiya Birru: My Grades or My Life 10.11.2022 3:44 ↓

Y-R Media's Tiya Birru weighs whether to take an important test amid the risk of a rumored school shooting that very day. 

Marc Vogl: The Value of a Liberal Arts Degree 09.11.2022 4:00 ↓

College students are turning away from liberal arts degrees. Marc Vogl says we are all the poorer for it

Richard Friedlander: A Bill of Responsibilities 08.11.2022 3:57 ↓

Richard Friedlander says it time for an addition to the Bill of Rights — a Bill of Responsibilities.

Sara Alexander: Your Vote. Your Voice. 07.11.2022 3:58 ↓

Determined to be an informed voter, Sara Alexander sat down with her ballot and dug in.

Yvonne Baginski: Mamusha, Mama 04.11.2022 3:54 ↓

Yvonne Baginski experiences the horrors of war through the deeply scarred lives of her parents.

Jayce Basques: Setting the Scene 03.11.2022 3:56 ↓

San Francisco was the setting for many a classic movie, and Jayce Basques says it was never upstaged.

Debbie Duncan: A New Day for Hearing Aids 02.11.2022 4:05 ↓

Debbie Duncan says technologic and regulatory changes promise a new day for hearing aids.

Molly Phelps: Long COVID Took My Husband 01.11.2022 3:51 ↓

Molly Phelps' husband has long COVID and the health system can't provide him the care he needs.

Jeanne Sole: A Hispanic Halloween 29.10.2022 4:01 ↓

This Halloween, Jeanne Sole will go easy on the ghouls and gore and embrace a more Hispanic approach to the celebration.

Michael Ellis: Amazon Trouble 28.10.2022 3:57 ↓

Michael Ellis returns from the Amazon both inspired and troubled.

Richard Swerdlow: Walk on By 27.10.2022 3:47 ↓

Encounters with homeless people unconscious on the streets are common in San Francisco, and Richard Swerdlow ponders whether to intervene or walk on by.

Laura Smith Borrman: The Kids Are Alright 26.10.2022 4:02 ↓

From math scores to friendships, remote learning has tested young students. But a typical carpool morning reassures Laura Smith Borrman that the kids are all right.

Giovanni Barron: It Starts With a Single Shot 25.10.2022 3:59 ↓

Photography opens a whole new world to high school student Giovanni Barron.

Stewart Florsheim: Stolpersteine and the Holocaust 24.10.2022 4:00 ↓

A German program to remember victims of the Holocaust has Stewart Florsheim conflicted.

Peggy Hansen: Twilight Zone 21.10.2022 4:00 ↓

While human lives are upended, life is normal for the plants and creatures of Peggy Hansen's farm.

Arifeen Rahman: Hospital Dominoes 20.10.2022 3:57 ↓

Arifeen Rahman says closures and cutbacks at local hospitals are harming patients who need help the most.

Keith Humphreys: A Hospice Volunteer 19.10.2022 3:51 ↓

Keith Humhreys experiences the depth of the bonds between a hospice volunteer and patients near death.

Pablo Quintanilla: Words Matter 18.10.2022 3:58 ↓

Pablo Quintanilla says words matter, especially when they threaten to undermine the relationships between marginalized communities.