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'Our People Are Not Disposable': How East San Jose is Coping with the Pandemic
The ZIP codes in and near East San Jose have been hit the hardest by COVID-19 in the Bay Area. They’re predominantly immigrant neighborhoods with tho…
4 years, 10 months ago
The Hosts of ‘SOLD OUT’ Update Us on the Housing Crisis
Last fall, KQED launched a new, five-part podcast about possible solutions to the housing crisis. It’s called SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America…
4 years, 10 months ago
Why It’s Hard to Stop Chevron From Polluting the Bay
An oil spill from Chevron’s Richmond refinery earlier this month and the toxic fumes released last November are part of a long trend of dangerous spi…
4 years, 10 months ago
We’re Learning the Wrong Lessons from the Tuskegee Experiment. That Matters for Vaccinating Black Americans.
Several surveys show that Black Americans are, on average, more hesitant to receive a COVID-19 vaccine compared with white people. And when it comes …
4 years, 10 months ago
How the Pandemic Opened the Door for Organizing Bay Area Strippers
After the pandemic forced strip clubs in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood to close and protests against police violence erupted in the summer…
4 years, 10 months ago
Helping Oakland's Chinatown From the Street Level
Sakhone Lasaphangthong spends his work day in Oakland's Chinatown helping people get the resources they need. He walks the streets and connects with …
4 years, 10 months ago
The Asian Americans Reclaiming Traditional Medicine in the Bay
Traditional Chinese Medicine has a complicated history in the Bay. In the 70s, a Chinese immigrant in Palo Alto named Miriam Lee was arrested and put…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Messy Path to Reopening Public Schools
After months of debate on whether to reopen public schools in the Bay Area's largest districts, some families have finally had enough of distance lea…
4 years, 11 months ago
‘There Would Be No Black Panther Party Without the Women’
There’s a long history of Black women in the Bay Area leading social justice work — including the hundreds of women who led the Black Panther Party. …
4 years, 11 months ago
There's Rising Toxic Groundwater in the Bay. But It's Not Too Late to Address it.
The climate crisis isn't just about big tropical storms and deadlier wildfires. Rising sea levels — as a result of climate change — are forcing conta…
4 years, 11 months ago