Sandip Roy: Tropes of South Asian Fiction
A funny blog on the site Publishing Perspectives came up with a checklist for the must have ingredients of a bad South Asian diasporan novel. Arranged Marriage. Multiple generations. A wise...
View ArticleThe problem with "sounding white"
We are always adjusting the way we sound. It especially depends on the social situation we are in. Linguists call it "code switching," a term originally used for people who would switch between two...
View Article"Latino?" "Hispanic?" The historic struggle to name Latin Americans in the...
It’s hard to define individual identity. For example, if you're Spanish speaking, what do you call yourself? Latino? Hispanic? Something else? Berkeley professor G. Cristina Mora dug into the history...
View ArticleSandip Roy: Tropes of South Asian Fiction
A funny blog on the site Publishing Perspectives came up with a checklist for the must have ingredients of a bad South Asian diasporan novel. Arranged Marriage. Multiple generations. A wise...
View ArticleThe problem with "sounding white"
We are always adjusting the way we sound. It especially depends on the social situation we are in. Linguists call it "code switching," a term originally used for people who would switch between two...
View ArticleSan Jose extends date for evacuation of homeless encampment
San Jose officials are asking the Federal Aviation Administration for more time to clear out the city's largest homeless camp as a June deadline approaches.
View ArticleOakland army base targeted as site for homeless
A long vacant tract of land in West Oakland is being considered as a temporary site to relocate some of the city’s homeless population.
View ArticleBounce: The Rebirth / 80 over 80: Judy Goddess
The Warriors are in their first playoff run since they left Oakland. So, today we bring you a history lesson on how the Warriors became Golden State. Then, we’ll meet the two graffiti artists whose...
View ArticleSCOTUS abortion leak reveals threats to queer rights too
How greatly are LGBTQ civil liberties threatened by abortion cases now before the conservative-heavy U.S. Supreme Court? Federal courts journalist Lisa Keen told host Christopher Beale the leaked draft...
View ArticleWhat Is Ideology?
If ideology is the air we breathe or the water we swim in, how can we come to notice it?
View ArticleTake Me To the River New Orleans
The official radio companion to the film, which opens in the Bay Area June 3.
View ArticleBay Area Headlines: Friday, 5/6/22
An independent investigation exonerated three Alameda police officers of misconduct in the fatal April 2021 confrontation with an East Oakland man
View ArticleState Senator Scott Wiener introduces bill protecting out-of-state...
California Senator Scott Wiener has joined lawmakers from 18 other refuge states to create legal protections for transgender minors and their parents. This comes on the heels of a new Alabama law...
View ArticleState Democrats at an impasse over bullet train project
California Democrats are locked in one of the most consequential disputes in modern state history over the future of the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco high-speed rail project after a decade of troubled...
View ArticleSan Jose restricting water usage for new development
San Jose officials are restricting water use for new developments, but conservationists want to see the city take more aggressive steps.
View ArticleCalifornia State University faculty hit with harassment allegations
Allegations of sexual harassment have been levelled against administrators at several California State University campuses, according to records released Friday by the system.
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