KQED's Perspectives

Peggy Hansen pays a small price for one of nature's grand spectacles.

A drought worthy of the Mojave Desert has disrupted the lives of bears and Carol Arnold.

Rising tensions over tech workers' impact on neighborhoods leads Tim Ritchie to imagine a better way.

His autism diagnosis devastated Youth Radio's Femi Ajala. Then, he discovered his superpower.

It's green. It's always cheerful. And to Mike Adamick, the infernal thing seems to outperform him as a father to his young daughter.

The rich can buy justice. The poor can't pay if they lose. It's the middle class, says Richard Friedlander, that lose either way.

Mike Newland sees 100,000 years of evolution down the drain in supermarkets and restaurants.

Water monitoring technology is great, but Sharon Talbott knows the true value of water comes from elsewhere.

Les Bloch has tried to raise his kids to be confident yet modest.

Elba Gonzalez-Mares is proud of what her immigrant family has built in wine country.

Allison Pretto learns that the animal kingdom isn't always warm and fuzzy. In fact, it can be horrific.

Allison Pretto learns that the animal kingdom isn't always warm and fuzzy. In fact, it can be horrific.

Andrea Cumbo Dowdy notes that Martin Luther King's pacifism didn't stop at the nation's shores.

Sarah Weld worries that an obsession to document life's events distracts from the joy of actually living them.

Sarah Weld worries that an obsession to document life's events distracts from the joy of actually living them.