KQED's Perspectives

Richard Swerdlow knows he can't help every homeless person, but he wishes he'd helped at least one.

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau discovers that the dreamy neighborhood she thought she grew up in really does exist.

Paul Staley says gentrification is to real estate what climate change is to the environment.

Bhaskar Sompalli is passing on the love for nature his grandfather taught him in their native India.

Ever wonder how the months got their names? Michael Ellis has the answer.

Dan Grassetti says tribalism on the left and right kills a needed conversation about fixing the Affordable Care Act's flaws.

Nate Lee hopes that one day he'll be as alive as his disabled friend.

Pam Miller sees it all the time — parents more interested in their phones than talking to their children.

Kirsten Smith tries a radical new setting for a Christmas celebration — Joshua Tree National Park.

The end of a custody battle was the worst and luckiest day of Kevin Fisher-Paulson's life.

A dying friend leaves Richard Swerdlow a generous gift.

Richard Friedlander discovers that some of the things we remember so well we don't remember well at all.

Teaching an autistic student, like Sam Rubin, requires putting aside some assumptions.

Les Bloch says technology has given birth to the Age of the Screen. All hail the Screen.

Our recent cold snap has Ann Manheimer reminiscing the virtues of real wintry weather.