Christopher Alam
News ProducerChristopher Alam is a writer, journalist, and producer from Fresno, California. He has contributed reporting for KQED, NPR, and Variable West. His fiction has appeared in the Beirut-based literary journal Rusted Radishes. His work engages with structural inequality, immigrant communities, and Arabs/West Asia. When not writing, he is a DJ on internet radio stations LowerGrand and HydeFM, and is a risograph printmaker.
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CrosscurrentsThe Oakland Ballet’s newest performance, the “Angel Island Project," hopes to depict the experiences of Chinese immigrants who were victim to discriminatory travel policies. -
A coalition of dozens of local anti-war activists called on Senators Laphonza Butler and Alex Padilla to support efforts to block the sale of US made arms to Israel. -
CrosscurrentsFollowing the death of longtime leader, Reverend Cecil Williams, earlier this year, GLIDE Memorial Church continues his mission of radical love and music. -
CrosscurrentsThe court case for the pro-Palestinian protestors who blocked the Golden Gate Bridge back in April is underway, where some face felony charges. -
A Bay Area-based nonprofit polled 900 Latinos from across the state on their election concerns. -
CrosscurrentsIn 2021, San Francisco declared August as Transgender History Month and invested millions in trans initiatives. This year, California adopted it statewide. But that funding expired in 2023, and it’s unclear when and how that money will be renewed. -
A free grocery store is opening today at a public school in San Francisco's Bayview through a collaboration between Amazon, the YMCA, and Goodr. -
While a huge showing of California delegates are at the Democratic National Convention to support Kamala Harris, not all in attendance are there to root for her. -
California officials have declared this month as the first state-wide Transgender History Month, but it has existed in San Francisco since 2021. Have transgender San Franciscans felt more supported in that time?
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Twenty six pro-Palestinian activists were booked today for charges relating to a protest that blocked the Golden Gate Bridge in April.
