Kqeds Perspectives

The world is full of doers, all busy and buzzing about just doing things, while the rest—people like Lane Parker—take a more measured approach, calmly weighing just when to do most anything.

Andrew Lewis finds himself and many friends in the pandemic of the vaccinated. 

Open space is essential to our well-being, whether it’s a high country wilderness or a patch of urban green. Jasmine Jaksic learns that a park is more than an amenity.

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

Paul C. Kelley Campos is the first in his family to be born in the U.S. and to decide to move here permanently.

Michael Ellis looks at a graceful, migrating bird long identified with a historic Orange County mission.

Kym Johnson says child care providers are essential workers, but lack the pay, support and respect they deserve.

Richard Swerdlow is among those whose mother is no longer here to receive a call on Mother's Day.

Jessica O'Dwyer's journey as a writer started with personal journals, a practice she still keeps.

At age 70, Jolie Kanat says life is more answers than questions. 

Youth Takeover week concludes with Emerald Yu literally finding her voice and changing her life.

YR Media's Tiya Birru uses the principles of intersectional feminism to deal with issues of racism and sexism.

Youth Takeover week continues, Gijeong Gerdes shares what family means to him.

For Youth Takeover week, Kailyn Holty says a world of possibility open up when she abandoned the need to be perfect.

Its Youth Takeover week at KQED and Kaitlyn Huang is practicing the art of girl boss energy to improve her self-confidence. A few weeks ago, I was walking with my friend when he pointed down to his shoes.  “Oh!” I exclaimed. “Nice new shoes!” He was devastated, because he had actually been wearing them for weeks and I hadn’t noticed. It was weird that I hadn’t noticed. Then it hit me that I don’t look at people’s shoes anymore. I was dumbfounded.  Back in middle school, I felt like there was an object constantly weighing my head down, making sneakers the lucky recipients of my gaze. It was my Gilded Age of Insecurity, when I looked my best, but felt the worst. I suffered the typical bouts of tween insecurities: You know, the ‘how does one survive among these geniuses’ or, ‘my face… ‘what a horror’. Being insecure felt exhausting.  So, when I stepped onto high school as a freshman, I was determined not to repeat my middle school years. I envisioned a glorious mental revolution to regain my confidence, but

Dr. Baldeep Singh says that many patients are waving off non-COVID tests and screens during the pandemic.

Mac Clayton explores the nature of loneliness. 

Evan Ho's dinner at an upscale restaurant disappoints but the bigger picture is much more satisfying.

A special bread has special meaning to Andrew Lewis and his World War II-surviving family members.

Richard Friedlander says history is written through the lens of social and political power, as well as personal experience.