Kqeds Perspectives

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Michael Ellis returns from the Amazon both inspired and troubled.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Want to change the world? Ellen Greenblatt says teach a child to read.

You are not crazy. The anxiety and fear you feel are worthy of the state of affairs. Jim McClellan finds some sense of calm and respite in an ancient Japanese tradition.

Y-R Media's Audrey La Jeunesse doubts activist social media posts do much more than burnish a 'woke' reputation.

Richard Levitt says big goals are a good thing to have, but its baby steps that get you there.