Kqeds Perspectives

Stephanie Denman says a simple thank you can help us all to feel appreciated.

Gender fluid children pose certain challenges for Sarah Hoffman and other adults who support them.

High schooler Jose Castro says adults don't appreciate the stress of high tech classrooms.

Richard Swerdlow says the return to school is testing – and exhilarating – teachers and students alike.

Changing times mean it's time to change. Debbie Duncan says "update your priors."

Dean Heather Lattimer looks at the high cost of college and what to do about it.

Marilyn Englander's procrastinating, last-minute self withered during the pandemic.

It's been a rough year for San Francisco's eclectic entertainment community, but Connie Champagne hopes better time aren't just somewhere over the rainbow.

Leticia Monroy juggles work, school and her young child's early learning challenges.

Ali Shah says the failure of a proposed soccer super league is a rare defeat for American-style elitism.

Alice Chen says anti-Asian racism is all about excluding Asian Americans as "other."

The resumption of Kevin Cool's poker game is at hand. It's about time.

Olive Savoie stands up to her peers when they utter a bigoted phrase.

YR Media's Luke Thomas experienced the year of the pandemic through the lens of a camera.

Teenager Kimberly Higareda feels pressured to take on responsibilities she may not be ready for.

Teenager Karen Chau says the pandemic has taught her to treasure opportunities from the mundane to the exceptional.

Alina Jafri finds a role model in a comic book.

Michael Ellis tours the three types of desert in California.

Laura Weil says the pandemic has made us look at everything differently, including how we die.

Sandhya Acharya looks at the year of the pandemic and considers what she will miss and what she won't.