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Will the U.S. Really Ban TikTok?
What’s next for TikTok? President Biden signed legislation on April 24 that would ban the popular video-sharing app unless its Chinese owner ByteDanc…
1 year, 10 months ago
California PUC Considers New Fixed Charge for Electricity
Beginning as early as next year you might see a new fixed monthly charge of up to $24 on your electric bill. That’s if the California Public Utilitie…
1 year, 10 months ago
Oakland’s Leila Mottley on Her Debut Collection of Poetry ‘woke up no light’
In her new book of poems, “woke up no light” Leila Mottley writes: play dead / play docile / play along / stare a beast in its mouth and dare it to b…
1 year, 10 months ago
Alice Wong Redefines ‘Disability Intimacy’ in New Anthology
“Intimacy is about relationships within a person’s self, with others, with communities, with nature, and beyond,” writes Alice Wong, founder and dire…
1 year, 10 months ago
How a Massive California Prison Hunger Strike Overhauled Solitary Confinement
In 2013, inmates at Pelican Bay, a supermax California prison designed to hold large numbers of inmates in isolation, went on a hunger strike to prot…
1 year, 10 months ago
How to Spend this Summer Camping California
Summer camping season is around the corner, and California’s parks and recreation areas have something for everyone: secluded sites in the Sierra bac…
1 year, 10 months ago
KQED Series ‘Beyond the Menu’ Tells the Backstory of Food
Hong Kong’s famed pineapple bun does not contain pineapples. Samosas can be found in many cultures outside of India. And the birria taco owes a lot t…
1 year, 10 months ago
Inside Mexico's Clandestine Drug Treatment Centers
Across Mexico, clandestine treatment centers for drug addiction – locally referred to as anexos – have been accused of unethical therapeutic practice…
1 year, 10 months ago
What’s Next for Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests
Protests against Israel’s war in Gaza continue to grow and spread on college campuses in the Bay Area and across the country. The protests gained mom…
1 year, 10 months ago
Violence Escalates in Sudan as Civil War Enters Second Year
The United Nations on Friday warned of a “dramatic escalation of tensions” among warring parties near El Fasher, North Darfur. The area is already on…
1 year, 10 months ago