Arifeen Rahman: Hospital Dominoes
Arifeen Rahman says closures and cutbacks at local hospitals are harming patients who need help the most.
Oct 20, 2022•4 min
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Keith Humphreys: A Hospice Volunteer
Keith Humhreys experiences the depth of the bonds between a hospice volunteer and patients near death.
Oct 19, 2022•4 min
Pablo Quintanilla: Words Matter
Pablo Quintanilla says words matter, especially when they threaten to undermine the relationships between marginalized communities.
Oct 18, 2022•4 min
Ellen Greenblatt: Early Reading
Want to change the world? Ellen Greenblatt says teach a child to read.
Oct 17, 2022•4 min
Jim McClellan: The Road to Respite
You are not crazy. The anxiety and fear you feel are worthy of the state of affairs. Jim McClellan finds some sense of calm and respite in an ancient Japanese tradition.
Oct 14, 2022•4 min
Audrey La Jeunesse: Unpacking Social Media Activism
Y-R Media's Audrey La Jeunesse doubts activist social media posts do much more than burnish a 'woke' reputation.
Oct 13, 2022•4 min
Richard Levitt: Baby Steps
Richard Levitt says big goals are a good thing to have, but its baby steps that get you there.
Oct 12, 2022•4 min
Joan Dentler: A Championship Ring for Recovery
A decade ago, the Giants won a World Series and Joan Dentler's son began his recovery from addiction.
Oct 11, 2022•4 min
Beth Touchette: Inspired By The Morning Star
An early-morning walk with her dog awakens Beth Touchette to the intense beauty of the pre-dawn world.
Oct 10, 2022•4 min
Mateo Berger: Meeting My Birth Mother
For adopted children, the chance to meet birth parents is filled with endless questions and a chance to open a new chapter in their life. Mateo Berger has this Perspective.
Oct 07, 2022•4 min
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau: Memorializing Our Pets
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau looks at how we remember the animals we have loved.
Oct 06, 2022•4 min
Joan Steinau Lester: SCOTUS and Same-Sex Marriage
Joan Steinau Lester worries that the Supreme Court is coming after her same-sex marriage.
Oct 05, 2022•4 min
Evan Ho: The Crow and the Pitcher
Evan Ho says an historic drought means Californians have to save a lot of water, a little bit at a time.
Oct 04, 2022•4 min
Michael Ellis: Vaux's Swifts
Michael Ellis has this perspective on a sociable and long flying bird.
Sep 30, 2022•4 min
Johanna Rauhala: A Salute to Richmond
Johanna Rauhala is a proud resident of Richmond, a city with a less-than-deserved reputation.
Sep 29, 2022•4 min
Gillian Reynolds: Exceptionally Unexceptional
Gillian Reynolds is exceptionally unexceptional at everything she tries. But she’s learned how exceptional that can be.
Sep 28, 2022•4 min
Anna Yang: I Can't Read
Anna Yang visits Beijing where her lack of language skills make it hard to connect to her family and culture.
Sep 27, 2022•4 min
Richard Friedlander: The Box of Forgotten Memory
While clearing a loft of junk to toss, Richard Friedlander encounters a box of forgotten memory.
Sep 26, 2022•4 min
Jeremy Friedlander: Deane and I
Jeremy Friedlander and a good friend disagree about most things, but not their friendship.
Sep 23, 2022•4 min
Susan Dix Lyons: Age
Susan Dix Lyons knows that age may be a number, but its not just a number.
Sep 22, 2022•4 min
Natalie Bivas: The Blood of Innocents
The war against Ukraine is personal for Natalie Krauss Bivas, and buried in soil soaked with the blood of innocents.
Sep 21, 2022•4 min
Yvonne Baginski: They Paved Paradise
Yvonne Baginski knows just what Joni Mitchell meant when she famously sang, "They paved paradise, put up a parking lot."
Sep 20, 2022•4 min
Angelina Montgomery: The Hidden Outdoors
Angelina Montgomery's grandmother has lived here for 60 years but she never knew there were redwoods in Oakland.
Sep 19, 2022•4 min
Richard Swerdlow: School's Out, For Good
Richard Swerdlow reflects on his 34 years as a teacher.
Sep 16, 2022•4 min
Nina Thompson: Navigating Politics as a Teen
Y-R Media's Nina Thompson struggles to connect to politics dominated by much older officeholders.
Sep 15, 2022•4 min
Alex Giardino: Circle of Hope
Alex Giardino returns to the neonatal intensive care unit after 18 years and learns that hope is a circle.
Sep 14, 2022•4 min
Holly Hubbard Preston: Chain of Good
In the lost and found of life, Holly Hubbard Preston learned that what you find isn’t necessarily what you were looking for.
Sep 13, 2022•4 min
Pablo Quintanilla: Climate Justice
Pablo Quintanilla asks what do we owe those most affected by climate change and least responsible for it.
Sep 12, 2022•4 min
Erin Poppler: Oakland's Resilience
Erin Poppler has her answer when asked why she stays in troubled Oakland. Resilience.
Sep 09, 2022•4 min
Christine Schoefer: Holding On To Too Much
Christine Schoefer watches as her 19-month old grandchild learns that its hard to move forward when hanging on to too much.
Sep 08, 2022•4 min
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