Peggy Hansen: Twilight Zone
While human lives are upended, life is normal for the plants and creatures of Peggy Hansen's farm.
Jun 10, 2022•4 min
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Paul Staley: The Marketplace of Ideas
Paul Staley says the marketplace of ideas isn't the emporium of free thought it's cracked up to be.
Jun 09, 2022•4 min
Valerie Kirk: Protection
Valerie Kirk doubts a gun would have protected her from the intruder that dark night.
Jun 07, 2022•4 min
Richard Swerdlow: Pride and Prejudice
June is Pride month, and Richard Swerdlow celebrates unquestioned progress amid a wave of anti-LGBTQ laws and sentiment.
Jun 06, 2022•4 min
Michael Ellis: Butterflies of the Sea
Michael Ellis wades into tidepools and finds one of his favorite creatures.
Jun 03, 2022•4 min
Marilyn Englander: A Perfect Vacation
Marilyn Englander finds that travel to a wet environment is a perfect get-away for drought-stricken Californians.
Jun 02, 2022•4 min
Nirmy Kang: It Has Happened Again
Another schoolhouse shooting, and Nirmy Kang says a familiar and predictable debate follows.
Jun 01, 2022•4 min
Al Gilbert: A Job Interview Is An Audition
Al Gilbert says the secret to a successful job interview is to realize it's not an interview.
May 31, 2022•4 min
Winston Tharp: To Doug
It's Memorial Day and Winston Tharp has this tribute to a veteran whose promise was lost.
May 30, 2022•4 min
Christine Schoefer: Between the Pages
Christine Schoefer discovers that the secrets held in books are not always the work of authors.
May 27, 2022•4 min
Hiwa Greig: SPAM
For Maui-born Hiwa Greig spam has been a staple of their food and culture. But once they moved to Oakland, they realized folks hold a lot of preconceptions towards spam and those who eat it. This perspective was produced by YR Media.
May 26, 2022•4 min
Simone Green: The Value of Queer Art
A poem in a volume pulled from a bookstore shelf, helps Simone Green navigate her journey of discovery.
May 25, 2022•4 min
Conor Hagen: Tasteless
Taste and smell may be our senses most taken for granted, unless, that is, you’ve had COVID. Conor Hagen has this Perspective.
May 24, 2022•4 min
Vicki Larson: Women's 'Useful Life'
Vicki Larson wonders why old notions that women are little more than child bearers persist.
May 23, 2022•4 min
Margaret Stawowy: A Huge Hole in the Safety Net
Margaret Stawowy, like most, wanted to keep her mother in familiar surroundings when she began to decline. It was easier said than done.
May 20, 2022•4 min
Carol Arnold: Forest Bathing
Feeling stressed out? A nice warm bath might help. But if that’s not practical, Carol Arnold can suggest a different kind of bath to soothe the anxious mind.
May 19, 2022•4 min
Craig Isom: On The Shoulders of a Giant
Craig Isom says the recent black hole images developed by the Event Horizon Telescope are evidence of the profound genius of Albert Einstein.
May 18, 2022•4 min
Lane Parker: ASAP is a Four-Letter Word
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.
May 13, 2022•4 min
Andrew Lewis: The New Mandate
Andrew Lewis finds himself and many friends in the pandemic of the vaccinated.
May 12, 2022•4 min
Jasmine Jaksic: More Than An Amenity
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.
May 11, 2022•4 min
Paul Staley: Mutations
Paul Staley says there's a whole lot of mutating going on.
May 10, 2022•4 min
Paul C. Kelley Campos: Immigrant's Journey
Paul C. Kelley Campos is the first in his family to be born in the U.S. and to decide to move here permanently.
May 09, 2022•4 min
Michael Ellis: Cliff Swallows
Michael Ellis looks at a graceful, migrating bird long identified with a historic Orange County mission.
May 06, 2022•4 min
Kym Johnson: Child Care Providers
Kym Johnson says child care providers are essential workers, but lack the pay, support and respect they deserve.
May 05, 2022•4 min
Richard Swerdlow: Call Your Mother
Richard Swerdlow is among those whose mother is no longer here to receive a call on Mother's Day.
May 04, 2022•4 min
Jessica O'Dwyer: I Am A Writer
Jessica O'Dwyer's journey as a writer started with personal journals, a practice she still keeps.
May 03, 2022•4 min
Jolie Kanat: Fully Cooked
At age 70, Jolie Kanat says life is more answers than questions.
May 02, 2022•4 min
Emerald Yu: Singing My Heart Out
Youth Takeover week concludes with Emerald Yu literally finding her voice and changing her life.
Apr 29, 2022•4 min
Tiya Birru: Intersectional Feminism
YR Media's Tiya Birru uses the principles of intersectional feminism to deal with issues of racism and sexism.
Apr 28, 2022•4 min
Gijeong Gerdes: This Is My Family
Youth Takeover week continues, Gijeong Gerdes shares what family means to him.
Apr 27, 2022•4 min
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