As immigration enforcement intensifies, parents across the Bay Area are making detailed plans for who will care for their children if they are detained, deported, or otherwise separated from their families.
Social Justice
The South Is Falling Again: Stuck in the Sunken Place Ever Since the Civil War
How the former confederacy keeps repeating the same descent, one generation at a time.
How the former confederacy keeps repeating the same descent, one generation at a time.
Reckoning With Racism for America 250
And why the most challenging book I’ve read this year might be the most important for today.
And why the most challenging book I’ve read this year might be the most important for today.
How Cities Can Fight High Housing Costs
In a Q&A, a researcher digs into how cities can fix their planning systems to address housing crises.
In a Q&A, a researcher digs into how cities can fix their planning systems to address housing crises.
‘How Can I Forget?’ Deported Peruvian Journalist Pens Book on ICE Detention at Alligator Alcatraz, Camp East Montana
A deported Peruvian journalist recounts his time inside ICE detention camps, exposing harsh conditions through a firsthand memoir.
A deported Peruvian journalist recounts his time inside ICE detention camps, exposing harsh conditions through a firsthand memoir.
The Army’s Only Airborne Rabbi Finds His Congregation Wherever He Lands
As America celebrates 250 years, Scott Klein — the sole Jewish chaplain at the country’s largest military base — is carrying on a tradition of service that dates back to the Revolution
As America celebrates 250 years, Scott Klein — the sole Jewish chaplain at the country’s largest military base — is carrying on a tradition of service that dates back to the Revolution
Why AI Is Not a Replacement for Human Talent With Christopher Lind
AI is a tool that amplifies existing skills and requires human guidance, not a replacement for human workers.
AI is a tool that amplifies existing skills and requires human guidance, not a replacement for human workers.
Trump Wants to Unleash ‘America First’ Fishing. What’s He Really Doing?
As the administration dismantles guardrails for industrial fishing, it's also threatening critical marine ecosystems that are sacred to Indigenous Pacific peoples.
As the administration dismantles guardrails for industrial fishing, it’s also threatening critical marine ecosystems that are sacred to Indigenous Pacific peoples.
Old, Empty Office Buildings Become Part of a Strategy to Reduce KC’s Housing Shortage
A new tax credit could help fill financial gaps for projects and ease housing shortages in the region.
A new tax credit could help fill financial gaps for projects and ease housing shortages in the region.
Q&A: Ukrainian Folk Band Yagódy
The band talks the rural roots of their music, and its role in resisting a war that has decimated rural life in their country.
The band talks the rural roots of their music, and its role in resisting a war that has decimated rural life in their country.
A Solution to Data Center Backlash? Put Them in Oil Fields.
A new project in California’s oil country could dodge national controversies over energy and water usage.
A new project in California’s oil country could dodge national controversies over energy and water usage.
Planes Don’t Fly on Masculinity: Why Society Views Women in Transportation as an Anomaly
‘As women, especially African women, we grow up understanding that mistakes are rarely viewed as individual’
‘As women, especially African women, we grow up understanding that mistakes are rarely viewed as individual’
Gender-Bending in Balkan History and Folklore: Sworn Virgins, Ritual Roles and Women Warriors in Drag
The past (and people’s imagination) wasn’t as rigid as today’s defenders of ‘traditional values’ often claim
The past (and people’s imagination) wasn’t as rigid as today’s defenders of ‘traditional values’ often claim
The US Military Is Spending Big on Critical Minerals
Indigenous peoples raise the alarm as Pentagon spending on lithium, graphite, and other minerals skyrockets.
Indigenous peoples raise the alarm as Pentagon spending on lithium, graphite, and other minerals skyrockets.
Justice East of the Pecos
Justice east of the Pecos moves at its own pace.
Justice east of the Pecos moves at its own pace.
Before They Were White: How Different Groups Were Treated as Immigrants to America
From the Founding to the Semiquincentennial, the Argument Over ‘Who We Are’ Never Stops
From the Founding to the Semiquincentennial, the Argument Over ‘Who We Are’ Never Stops