KQED's Perspectives

The sad death of Cecil the Lion reminds Carol Arnold that our own lions — mountain lions — aren't doing too well.

For teachers like Matt Biers-Ariel, summer means working to become a better educator.

Steven Saum and his son explore the fiery, snowy wonders of Mt. Lassen's Bumpass Hell.

Forget income inequality. Richard Swerdlow says the class divide really gets personal in the cabin of a commercial jetliner.

Michael Ellis takes a look at the big-eared, furry hoppers common to the Bay Area.

Charity Johnson is a teacher, but she spends a lot of time doing maintenance on buildings that are falling apart.

An elderly regular at the gym comes back from the dead and tells Richard Swerdlow what he learned.

At 76, Kay Brown can't do many of the things she loved to do, but new interests give her powerful reasons to live.

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau's ambitious project to sleep at least one night in each of California's 58 counties has reaped terrific rewards.

Every day on his BART commute, Jeff Braff encounters homeless people in intolerable conditions.

As Lisa Tobin teaches her son to drive, he acquires a new sense of direction.

As Lisa Tobin teaches her son to drive, he acquires a new sense of direction.

Tim Tosta loves a good fire in the hearth on a wintry day, but times have changed and he's changing with it.

Like many young people, Youth Radio's Amber Cavarlez struggles with depression. And her family's denial isn't helping.

With same-sex marriage now legal in most of the country, Clyde Wadsworth says Supreme Court rejection of marriage equality would be truly radical.