KQED's Perspectives

In the COVID vaccination program, Lynn Bruno sees elements of a health care system we can only dream about.

Ellen Greenblatt encounters herself during a walk under a full moon.

Richard Swerdlow says that pandemic inactivity has led to a spike in overweight children.

Michael Ellis looks at the family of Bay Area jays and why they keep whacking into our windows.

Young Asian Americans are focused right now on making sure their parents are safe.

She’s been on life support before, but now her survival is in serious jeopardy. Molly Curley O’Brien has this Perspective. We lost a Bay Area legend last week. Benicia born and Oakland raised, a critical thinker, a leader, a feminist, a social justice warrior, and committed to the pursuit of knowledge. Mills College, as we know it, died of COVID-19 related complications. She was 169 years old. Or...

Asian Americans speak many languages, but in the midst of unprecedented attacks, they speak with one voice. Billy Zeng has this Perspective. 請聽聽我們 Please Listen to us We are frightened, upset and frustrated 請跟我們說話 Please talk to us In Hoisanwah, Thai, Mandarin, In Vietnamese, Khmer, Cantonese In Korean, Japanese, Hakka, In Tagalog, Cebuano, Teochew And in many languages we speak Which m...

As vaccinations climb and pandemic restrictions ease, many are contemplating how to make up for lost time and missed opportunities. Marilyn Englander has this Perspective. It’s been a year of fear, trimming expectations and hoping to control fate. Chastising my kids to be careful, scolding when someone forgets the mask, scowling at rule-breakers – it’s been exhausting. And pretty much fruitless: p...

Hank Smith struggles to live up to the simple words from his autistic son.

Andrew Lewis seeks to protect the fragile, miraculous life of a wounded Monarch butterfly.

Jim McClelland turns to an ancient Japanese art for hope that a broken country can be repaired, and better for it.

Vaccines are ramping up and with them, of course, the conspiracy theories. Tom Moriarty finds one of them especially ironic. My favorite conspiracy theory about the coronavirus vaccine is that each shot contains a tiny microchip designed to track our every move. I admire this particular piece of nonsense because it overlooks the fact that most of us have already been tagged and can be tracked down...

Teacher Alisa Peres says she gets through the stress of teaching in a pandemic with a lot of help from her colleagues.

Wearing a mask shouldn't be a big deal, but to some it apparently is, and that has Shantha Smith mystified.

Paul Staley says there's a whole lot of mutating going on.

Sara Alexander discovers the perfect way to make better Hamantaschen — together with friends.

Funerals are occasions to express thoughts never expressed to the dearly departed. Mike Hall says, "Why wait?"

Larry Lee says the same racist pigeonholing that casts Asian Americans as the model minority makes them vulnerable to attack.

A long-neglected tent provides Lev Kushner and his boys with a strategy for coping with the prolonged bout of stay-at-home.

As the anniversary of the first stay-at-home order looms, Richard Levitt counts what he misses and doesn't miss.

Isabella Montano Ponce struggled with depression but it was the inability to talk about it that slowed her recovery.

Academic learning may be taking a hit, but Bryan Gillette thinks his children are learning important skills in the pandemic.

Susie Meserve has always been a worrier, but the pandemic has thrown anxiety into high gear.

Michael Ellis considers the seldom-seen, well-defended porcupine.

YR Media's Tenzing Chosang celebrates the new year, Tibetan-style.