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'These Communities Have the Knowledge That Will Save Us': Building Climate Resilience with Youth of Color
After the Tubbs Fire in 2017, Lil Milagro Henriquez felt she had to do more than just tell her students to mask up for the smoky air. She wanted to e…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Bay Area Teen Who's Been Trying to Save TPS (And Isn't Backing Down Now)
Sixteen year-old Crista Ramos was in her high school Zoom class when her family got some stressful news: A federal court ruled in favor of ending the…
5 years, 3 months ago
A Hunger Strike in Antioch — And What it Says About the Changing Suburbs
Suburbs are some of the most diverse spaces in America. It's one reason why — more and more — they’ve become the backdrop of tensions between police …
5 years, 3 months ago
Photographing Orange Skies and a Historic Year
When KQED photojournalist Beth LaBerge woke up to orange skies in San Francisco Wednesday morning, she rushed out the door to document the extraordin…
5 years, 4 months ago
California’s Going All In On Vote By Mail. Will Some People Get Left Behind?
The pandemic has set off a chain of events that will make this year’s election in California different from years past. For one, the state can’t bet …
5 years, 4 months ago
'Healing Through Resistance' with Uncle Bobby X
Uncle Bobby Johnson, also known as the People’s Uncle, has been standing up to police brutality ever since his nephew Oscar Grant was shot by a BART …
5 years, 4 months ago
Why The Latest Battle Between California And Gig Companies Is A Big Deal
For the last eight years, Uber and Lyft have successfully beaten state and local attempts to change its core labor model: treating drivers as indepen…
5 years, 4 months ago
California Had an ‘Eviction Moratorium.’ Thousands of People Were Evicted Anyway
Soon after the pandemic started and Californians began to lose their jobs, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued what he called an 'eviction moratorium' to protec…
5 years, 4 months ago
'Megafires' Don’t Have to be Our New Normal
Fire season doesn't have to be this bad. There are lots of things we can do to prevent more and more extreme wildfires.
It'll take a big shift in the …
5 years, 4 months ago
The ‘Brittle’ System of Incarcerated Firefighters
California is low on firefighters at a really bad time. It’s partially because the state released thousands of incarcerated firefighters to prevent t…
5 years, 4 months ago