KQED's Forum
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KQED's Forum
Forum tells remarkable and true stories about who we are and where we live. In the first hour, Alexis Madrigal convenes the diverse voices of the Bay Area, before turning to Mina Kim for the second hour to chronicle and center Californians’ experience. In an increasingly divided world, Mina and Alex...
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Deb Haaland on the Future of Native Leadership
Former Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland won the New Mexico Democratic gubernatorial primary this month, and if she wins this November, she would...
Olé, Olé, Olé! Expat Communities Celebrate World Cup Teams Playing in the Bay Area
Levi’s Stadium will be the site of a series of World Cup matches beginning June 13. Switzerland, Algeria, Qatar, Jordan and Australia are some of the...
What Our Faces Reveal About Us
What’s in a face? For the ancient Greeks, the shape and features of a person’s face revealed their character, virtue and intelligence. Though these at...
What AI's Huge IPOs Will Mean for Housing Affordability in the Bay Area
Two of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies, Anthropic and OpenAI, are based in San Francisco — and both are preparing public stock o...
Ben Rhodes on the Speeches That Shaped America
What does it mean to be American? That’s the question that animates Ben Rhodes’s new book “All We Say: The Battle for American Identity.” Drawing on 1...
Trump Administration Shovels $75 million into Controversial Oakland Coal Terminal
The Trump administration said it will allocate $75 million dollars to fund a new coal terminal on the waterfront in West Oakland. Developer Phil Tagam...
Can College Survive Artificial Intelligence?
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the American workplace, and virtually every week brings a new report that entry-level white-collar jobs co...
Pulitzer Prize Winner Andrew Sean Greer on His Latest Novel ‘Villa Coco’
Before Andrew Sean Greer won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for his novel “Less,” he was the executive director for a writer’s foundation based in Italy and...
‘Liar's Kingdom:’ Andrew Weissmann on Democracy and Deception
Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann spent years inside some of the country’s most consequential investigations, from the Justice Department’s f...
Zinzi Clemmons on the Complicated Notion of ‘Freedom’
In her new essay collection, “Freedom,” novelist and UC Davis creative writing director Zinzi Clemmons examines what freedom means in “a world bucklin...
Waymo’s Growing Pains
Self-driving car companies like Waymo say their autonomous vehicles are dramatically safer than human drivers. But a new CNN investigation found that...
A History of LGBTQ Music from 1969-2000
In his new book “Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music 1969-2000” music critic Barry Walters looks at how music produced and performed by gay and stra...
What Have We Learned From 10 Years of Medical Aid in Dying in CA?
California’s End of Life Option Act, which allows people with certain terminal illnesses and a life expectancy of less than six months to receive medi...
Dave Eggers Centers Artists in New Novel ‘Contrapposto’ and His Initiative to Preserve the Bay’s Art Scene
Writer Dave Eggers, who’s been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, draws inspiration for the first time from his own art sc...
Unpacking the 2026 California Primary
California voters cast their ballots in key races across the state on Tuesday, with the race to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom drawing a massive field of c...
911 ... Please Hold
Oakland’s 911 system is perennially understaffed, frequently leading to long wait times for callers facing life and death emergencies or trying to rep...
Why Pope Leo Wants to ‘Disarm’ A.I.
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical letter focuses on safeguarding humanity amid the rise of artificial intelligence. In the letter, which is essentially...
High School Grads on Navigating a Changing World
Graduating from high school marks a time when young people will, many for the first time, have to make their own decisions about their future. It’s a...
The Trump Administration Turns Its Sights On Legal Immigrants
Since his reelection, President Trump has been fixated on illegal immigration in the US, but now the President is taking on immigrants who are here le...
What the Massive Medicaid Cuts Mean for Your Health Care
An estimated one in three Californians are insured by Medi-Cal, the state version of Medicaid. But as the federal government cuts billions in funding...
The Stanford Pipeline That Turns College Students Into Silicon Valley Elites
Theo Baker arrived at Stanford as an eager freshman planning to study computer science and maybe write occasionally for the student paper. But his rep...
Are We in a New Gold Rush?
“Gold is having a moment,” writes New Yorker staff writer Jennifer Wilson. Earlier this year, it traded as high as $5,500 an ounce as an unstable econ...
What the Colorado River Drought Means for California
The Colorado River basin and its two largest reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, are facing record-low water levels, and the seven states that rely...
After a Year as Oakland's Mayor, Barbara Lee Looks to 'Finish the Job'
Barbara Lee was elected mayor of Oakland last year with the city reeling from a political scandal, mired deep in fiscal crisis and scarred by years of...
What Communities Lose When America Abandons the 'Common Good'
America used to value things — youth sports, local businesses and accessible healthcare, for example — simply because they were good for communities....
California's Primary is June 2. Do You Know What's on Your Ballot?
You may be among the nearly two million voters who have already cast their votes for California’s primary election next week. But if you’re procrastin...
Ahead of America’s 250th, a ‘Declaration of Interdependence'
The United States turns 250 this summer, but for many Americans feeling burned out by partisan politics it may feel hard to imagine wanting to celebra...
Facing Headwinds, Bay Area Museums Adapt
Great museums can drive tourism, and the Bay Area has no shortage of world class institutions. But museums everywhere are facing rising costs, declini...
Forum from the Archives: What Does It Take to Be a ‘Good Woman’?
“All my life I have tried to be a good woman,” writes Savala Nolan. Being “good” meant not rocking the boat. It meant following the rules and fitting...
Forum From The Archives: When The World Expects Hate, A Palestinian and An Israeli Choose Peace
Aziz Abu Sarah, who is Palestinian, and Maoz Inon, who is Israeli, have both lost family to the conflict in the Middle East. They are also both peaceb...
Inside Trump's Pardon Economy
Presidents have traditionally waited until their final months in office to give clemency, but just over a year into his second term, President Trump h...
This Year’s College Grads Have A Tricky Road Ahead
The college graduates in the Class of 2026 have not had an easy path. Part of their high school years were spent in Covid lockdown. And now, they are...
Still Undecided in California Governor's Primary? Here's Where the Race Stands
As the June 2nd primary approaches, many California voters remain undecided about their pick for California’s next governor. This year’s race is espec...
Bay Area Director Yoav Potash on the Enduring Weight of the Holocaust in Poland
The award-winning documentary by Bay Area director Yoav Potash, “Among Neighbors,” sheds light on the history of antisemitism in Poland, where both du...
How San Diego is Responding After Mosque Shooting
Two teenage gunmen killed three people, and later themselves, in an attack Monday at the Islamic Center of San Diego, the city’s largest mosque. Autho...
DACA’s Future Uncertain as Delays Disrupt Lives, Raise Fears of Deportation
Since it was created back in 2012, DACA has allowed unauthorized immigrants who arrived in the US during childhood to go to school and work without fe...
What Hantavirus Teaches Us About the State of Outbreak Response
The recent hantavirus outbreak, which killed three people and sickened close to a dozen more, is largely under control, with many passengers now quara...
The Child of Revolutionaries, Running From the FBI
Even as a young child, Zayd Ayers Dohrn knew that the FBI was after his family. His parents Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers had been living as fugitiv...
A Family Divided By Cuba’s Revolution
On May 13th, Cuba ran out of oil, crippling public services for nearly 10 million people. It’s a result of a months-long oil blockade initiated by the...
Can the Federal Reserve Retain Its Independence in the Trump Era?
The Federal Reserve Board begins this week with a new chair, Trump appointee Kevin Warsh. The Fed is a nonpartisan government body tasked with setting...