Kqeds Perspectives

Richard Friedlander has this Perspective on our changing attitudes about the men and women in blue.

Some high school students keep up with schoolwork by cutting back on sleep. Y-R Media’s Nina Thompson says it’s a vicious cycle she can’t avoid if she wants to get into her dream school.

AI chatbot ChatGPT’s ability to read and write like a person is disrupting the future of education. Some praise its potential to promote learning. Others see just another tool for cheating. Tom Moriarty has this satirical Perspective.

At some point, adults seem to lose their capacity to be joyful. For Sophie Bloch’s young daughter, that moment hasn’t arrived yet.

Paul Staley says the marketplace of ideas isn't the emporium of free thought it's cracked up to be.

Richard Swerdlow says a comfortable retirement is financially out-of-reach for most cash-strapped wage earners.

Growing up in Afghanistan, Kawser Amine was able to dream of things previously unheard of in her country. When the Taliban took over, all that ended.

Lev Kushner says you can hear the city talking to you if you give it an ear.

Ginger cookies have always been a favorite of Erika Trafton and they taste even better when her son makes them.

When a popular Chinese restaurant in Oakland closed recently, Mark Morodomi is left with warm memories of family and a dish rarely served anymore.

Dr. Baldeep Singh says the health care community needs to do more to combat vaccine skepticism.

Learning self-defense against a variety of threats can be stressful, but for Christine Schoefer and her students it was all about saying Yes to life.

Patricia Calfee Picache says pronouncements of the death of San Francisco are premature.

A facet of Buddhist thought connects high schooler Kayleigh Yee positively to the people and the world around her.

Alex Giardino returns to the site of the hardest days of her life, and discovers that hope, both given and received, is a circle.

A Buddhist ritual helps Lauren Vuong cope with the passing of her father.

Vanessa Hua and her hair stylist face some decisions rooted in Lunar New Year tradition.

When Luke Pease found himself in a desperate situation and in need of help, he turned to those most in need of help themselves, the unhoused.

The massive, relentless rains have been necessary and deadly and beautiful. Sara Alexander has this Perspective..

Two local pro sports franchises are at odds with the communities that host them, and Tom Epstein says they both need to be better sports.