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Bay Area Latin Jazz Legend John Santos and Friends Perform Live
Bay Area Latin jazz legend John Santos joins us with a full band for a live in-studio performance. The San Francisco native is a Grammy nominated per…
1 year, 2 months ago
Understanding Republicans’ Proposed Cuts to Medicaid
Republicans are looking to cut as much as $880 billion from Medicaid, a federal program that provides healthcare for 72 million Americans. Distinct f…
1 year, 2 months ago
Will Germany Turn to the Far Right?
Germany holds parliamentary elections this weekend, and political watchers there are expecting its nativist Alternative for Deutschland party to make…
1 year, 2 months ago
Vaccination Efforts at Risk Under RFK Jr.'s HHS Tenure
Last week the U.S. Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic, as Health and Human Services Secretary. This comes as a measles o…
1 year, 2 months ago
How to Talk about Black History When Diversity is Under Attack
Black History Month has been officially celebrated in the U.S. since President Gerald Ford signed a proclamation nearly 50 years ago declaring the mo…
1 year, 2 months ago
Impacts of Trump’s Anti-Trans Actions Already Felt in California
Since taking office, President Trump has issued executive orders rolling back trans Americans’ rights in schools, prisons and the military. The admin…
1 year, 2 months ago
Yoni Appelbaum’s Book “Stuck” Argues that Progressive Policies Have Frozen Social Mobility
Picking up stakes and moving somewhere new was once so common in America that cities had a designated “Moving Day” when thousands of tenants would mo…
1 year, 2 months ago
Forum From the Archives: Travel Writer Pico Iyer Celebrates the Joys of Sitting Still
After his California home burned in a wildfire, acclaimed author and travel writer Pico Iyer retreated to a remote monastery in Big Sur. There, he di…
1 year, 2 months ago
Forum from the Archives: What Does Wilderness Mean in our Modern World?
A century ago, the United States designated its first wilderness area – a place to be forever preserved and protected from human impact. But what doe…
1 year, 2 months ago
Behind the Scenes with the San Francisco Opera
We pull back the curtain on the San Francisco Opera with Music Director Eun Sun Kim and General Director Matthew Shilvock, who joined us live on stag…
1 year, 2 months ago