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Ben Trefny/KALWA coalition of 24 states is suing the Trump administration over new limits on federal student loans for healthcare workers. -
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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Photo Provided by Adrienne Danyelle OliverOn 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. -
Scot Goodman/Players at one of BORP's goalball invitational tournaments in Berkeley.This is goalball, a sport invented for blind and low vision people. It's a game that relies on just two senses: hearing and feeling. KALW's 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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As the musician celebrates his 85th birthday, a new book examines one of the least-explored aspects of Dylan's art. -
Shervin LainezKALW’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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Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Democratic Party wanted a review of the 2024 election. Then, the DNC learned the report was incomplete and unverifiable, party chairman Ken Martin said Thursday, releasing an annotated version. -
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Ted S. Warren/APIn Washington state and Hawaii, residents can now get mifepristone and misoprostol from Planned Parenthood to keep in their cabinets in case they need to end a pregnancy at a later time. -
Matias Delacroix/APForecasters expect 8 to 14 storms will form in the Atlantic between June 1 and November 30. But the danger is more serious than the numbers suggest.
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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. -
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. -
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. -
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?
