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Trump continues to whitewash the history of the US by embracing the Doctrine of Discovery ahead of this country's so-called 250th birthday. How are scholars responding?
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Every Wednesday night in Berkeley a group of athletes gets ready to practice their sport. The first thing they have to do is line the court with a tactile marker––string taped to the floor around the perimeter––because this game relies on just two senses, hearing and feeling. This is Goalball, a sport invented for blind and low vision people which involves hurling a heavy ball filled with bells at each other. It is sort of the opposite of dodge ball because players are trying to block the ball with their bodies. It might sound painful! So reporter Rachel Longan visited a goalball tournament and later even padded up to play to find out if it is worth the risk.
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On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," poet and literature Prof. Adrienne Danyelle Oliver talks about three other poets who are reading at our “When We Exhale” live event.
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Today is International Tea Day!
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As the musician celebrates his 85th birthday, a new book examines one of the least-explored aspects of Dylan's art.
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KALW’s Tshego Letsoalo spoke to Lewis Maynard and Nick Buxton from the UK spoken word band about their latest album “Secret Love” ahead of their stop at August Hall in San Francisco.
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As Maine's Senate matchup is all but set, incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins urges voters to pick her over Democrat Graham Platner because she can fund state priorities due to her seniority.
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Even with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them. The consequences, they say, are already becoming clear.
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The author restores balance in the homophones with her latest novel; both stories are thought-provoking, although somewhat less beguiling than her usual fare.
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Epstein owned a 10,000-acre property with a mansion. After calls by the public, the state attorney general searched the property and the state House created a "Truth Commission."
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After a teenager used ChatGPT to plan his own suicide, students with the California Association of Youth Commissions are looking for ways to push for better suicide prevention training in schools. Content warning: This story contains mention of suicide.
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On today’s show, an anthology where Black women writers share their thoughts on rest, grief and intimacy. Then, Sheila E. talks about her early days as an artist and her upcoming show in East Palo Alto.
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San Jose announced on Tuesday that in December it will be debuting California’s first Professional Women’s Hockey League team. However, fans of the league are complaining that it’s been hard to follow, since major sports apps like Bleacher Report and ESPN rarely platform women’s sports.
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CrosscurrentsIf you’ve seen some of the ads in BART stations lately… or San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s posts on Instagram… you may notice an emphasis on safety and security in the city. But if you go back in time, there's physical evidence that this rhetoric isn’t new. You can find it in neighborhoods all over the Bay. Take the Sunset district, on San Francisco's westside, where almost every house has a heavy iron gate. But how did those gates got there? And what they might be keeping out?
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What would a typical worker earn today if their wages had grown as fast as CEO pay over the past 50 years? Take a guess.