Kqeds Perspectives

When her initial response to everyday annoyances is anger, Marilyn Englander practices a better way.

Meg Waite Clayton looks at the toxic stew of book banning and political intolerance.

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

Selina Kaing's family tradition of blending old ways with new American habits resides in a box of birthday candles.

Matthew Vernon didn't know what a murmuration is, but he's glad he went to see one.

Dr. Baldeep Singh gets one of the early shots of a COVID-19 vaccine.

It’s New Year's Eve and 2020 is finally coming to an end. For YR Media’s Nina Roehl this challenging year has helped her learn more about her mental health and find ways to cope.

For Nirmy Kang, Christmas Eve celebrations map an immigrant's personal and political history.

Growing up in a religiously diverse family taught Paul Staley lessons not necessarily in the sacred texts.

The hills are alive, and Richard Levitt has a long-ago scoutmaster to thank for being able to experience it.

When he was down and out, a friend helped him feed his kids, even though she didn’t have to. It was a kindness Lloyd Jones has never stopped repaying.

Michael Ellis says the origins of mistletoe as a seasonal rite are surprising.

77 years ago, in Nazi-occupied Holland, a Dutch Christmas tradition became a brush with disaster for then 6-year-old Anita Frank, whose memories haunt her to this day.

On Christmas morning, millions of gifts will be unwrapped. But Heidi Swillinger has had her small but favorite gift for many years.

Our personal and national lives have gone off the rails, and Pete Gavin says normal never looked so good.

Mac Clayton says the march to racial equality in America is characterized by upswings and downswings.

Richard Swerdlow says the high-speed freeway to effective COVID vaccines was built in humble classrooms where science basics are taught.

When the season's first rainy day arrived, Marilyn Englander devoted it to a walk in the woods.

Even psychotherapist Larry Jin Lee is having trouble coping with anxiety and depression during the pandemic.

With time on his hands, Richard Friedlander takes a walk and discovers a world he’d largely ignored – his own neighborhood.