KQED's Perspectives

YR Media's Kyana Early struggles to come to terms with her natural hair.

Like other young people, Jessica Lin struggled with depression until she learned to ask for help.

Sarena Straughter has been immersed in the full range of cultural and educational identity, but the college senior is now focused on her uniqueness. 

Johanna Rauhala is a proud resident of Richmond, a city with a less-than-deserved reputation.

For people like Shannon Rosa and her autistic son, the new phase of relaxed mask requirements is an ominous phase of the pandemic.

Debbie Duncan and Cyndi Chin-Lee debate the merits and drawbacks of Daylight Savings vs. Standard Time.

Holly Hubbard Preston says a budget squeeze is depriving the St. Helena Library of its children's librarian.

Education Dean Heather Lattimer explores how to teach tough subjects in public school classrooms.

You are not crazy. The anxiety and fear you feel are worthy of the state of affairs. Jim McClellan finds some sense of calm and respite in an ancient Japanese tradition.

Jippy Pang says that among the many obstacles some women face in the workplace that men do not is the quality of their voice.

Her favorite color signals the growth of Kaylan So's independence and self-assurance.

Whether it's a ridiculous coconut or a very real war, Michael Ellis says how we deal with what we fear is what matters.

Steven Saum finds the weightiest things he and his son carried on their hike wasn't in their backpacks.

The war against Ukraine is personal for Natalie Krauss Bivas, and buried in soil soaked with the blood of innocents. 

Food banks are overwhelmed and people are hungry, yet we waste food shamelessly. A child of post-war Germany, Christine Schoefer vows to change her ways.