Crosscurrents

Bay Area cities have some of the highest vaccination rates in the country. But experts still doubt the possibility of so-called herd immunity. So what does that mean for us? In this conversation, we talk about the next phase of our new normal.

In the “Golden Dreg Boy” series author D.K. Dailey takes us to San Francisco 200 years into the future, where a wealthy teen boy’s world is shaken up and he learns first hand about systemic inequalities.

Twenty five years after Guatemala's civil war ended, human rights leader Rosalina Tuyuc is promoting healing for her people based ancient Maya wisdom.

In this interview, award-winning poet Safia reflects on the complexities of coming of age in a diaspora in her new book, "Home Is Not a Country." It’s a young adult novel written in verse about a girl named Nima growing up in a Sudanese community in the Washington D.C. area

The pandemic has worsened the hunger crisis in the Bay Area and nationally. Activist LaRayia Gaston is the author of “Love Without Reason.” She explains how food waste plays a role in hunger and small acts we can take to begin solving the problem.

It's been just over a century since the Ottoman Empire began to systematically kill what would eventually be 1.5 million Armenians. Waves of refugees immigrated to the Bay Area, fleeing the killings. Today, tens of thousands of people of Armenian descent live here. To this day, The Turkish government continues to deny that the genocide happened, and the U.S. government refused to recognize it as well — until this year.

After demands from Mario Gonzalez’ family and supporters the City of Alameda released a set of video and audio recordings from its police department related to Gonzalez’ death. This is heavy, and, in our newsroom, we talked a lot about what we wanted to say about it. There are deep-rooted systemic issues that we want to think deeply about, but it’s also important to discuss what we’re seeing.

California reports more cases of human tracking than any state. In Oakland, most sex trafficking victims are Black girls under the age 18. Regina Evans is an activist and artist using her creative gifts to call attention to this crisis and rescue girls.

As schools begin to re-open throughout the Bay Area, one local radio station will be there to welcome students back. 96.1 KJTZ is a student-led radio station that’s run out of Encinal High School in Alameda. The program was created by a former radio producer turned teacher, who has turned his love for the art of making radio into a class with call letters.

San Francisco Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin usually takes center stage. Now he has a new role behind the scenes--publisher.