Kqeds Perspectives

 Big numbers can make the eyes glaze over, but Richard Swerdlow says the statistics of world hunger are horrifying.

The world is drowning in plastic so Stephanie Denman tries to go plastic-free.

A trip to the beach enables Jennifer Liss to go back in time.

Marilyn Englander discovers that a favorite San Francisco locale hasn’t changed much over the years and continues to provide a haven of calm.

Susan Dix Lyons' children are growing up and moving on, so any excuse to spend time with them is a good one.

Michael Ellis says that in certain species females who can no longer have babies become more important, not less, to their social units.

Although not a member of the Jewish faith, Evan Ho was deeply moved by his first experience of a Bar Mitzvah.

Joan Cardellino wonders if we can put back together the many pieces of our democracy jigsaw puzzle.

Sometimes, it's just you versus you. When that happens, Brian Smith has a way to dispense with the negativity.

Paul Staley says the Declaration of Independence asserts the right to pursue happiness, not attain it.

Risa Nye believes all women seeking an abortion deserve as safe and supportive experience as she had, many years ago. 

A large water tower in the South Bay is not only the object of a fantastical tale handed down through generations of Steven McMoyler’s family; it’s a monument to the winds of change.

Every morning, Holly Hubbard Preston's newspapers are delivered by someone she's never met. She decided to change that.

Every church has and is a sanctuary. To Hanna Hart, it's the church kitchen.

Rana Barar says her decision to have an abortion was not hard, not tragic and more common that you’d think.

The onslaught of mass shootings in schools has forced teachers to learn and teach skills they never imagined. Catherine Marshall-Smith has this Perspective.  

Y-R Media’s Audrey La Jeunesse started sewing her own clothes and altering secondhand clothing years ago — learning more about overconsumption and developing her own style.

The Warriors have another championship and Steven Birenbaum has this tribute. 

Our unofficial national motto is e pluribus unum, but Jim Mcclellan finds neither pluribus nor unum in our political discourse.

Vanessa Dueck struggles to keep up with shifting notions of good parenting brought on by a shifting pandemic.