Kqeds Perspectives

Jippy Pang says that among the many obstacles some women face in the workplace that men do not is the quality of their voice.

Her favorite color signals the growth of Kaylan So's independence and self-assurance.

Whether it's a ridiculous coconut or a very real war, Michael Ellis says how we deal with what we fear is what matters.

Steven Saum finds the weightiest things he and his son carried on their hike wasn't in their backpacks.

The war against Ukraine is personal for Natalie Krauss Bivas, and buried in soil soaked with the blood of innocents. 

Food banks are overwhelmed and people are hungry, yet we waste food shamelessly. A child of post-war Germany, Christine Schoefer vows to change her ways.

Ann Manheimer hopes the reception for masses of Ukrainians fleeing their war-torn country marks a change in the treatment of refugees.

As Ukrainians fight to preserve their recent democracy, Joan Cardellino says Americans need to defend a democracy many take for granted. 

When YR Media's Ivelisse Diaz was younger her paycheck felt like freedom. Now, not so much.

Andrew Lewis says Ukrainians are showing the world what it means to defend democracy.

Richard Swerdlow looks at old photos of himself and has his 'you don't know what you've got till its gone' moment. 

Eighth-grader Maya Hardin learns how to not be too hard on herself.

Gloria Saltzman tries to console an old friend from Ukraine who feels angry and helpless in the face of the Russian onslaught. 

At a tender age, Amelia Anglin must learn how to cope with the death of a loved one.

When Sandhya Acharya's pandemic bubble burst, it was her young son's note that healed her.

A funeral. A eulogy. An ice storm. Evan Sagerman puts his father to rest.

Paul Staley says we’re walking in a world of the seen and the unseen, of paradox and contradiction.

When Paul Wolber thinks of vaccine hesitancy, he hears the voice of his mother, long ago, giving some instructions many would do well to heed today.

Stewart Florsheim struggled with whether to retire, but now he's taken the plunge. 

Zachary Matsumoto discovers that his family history is alive in him today.