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'The Dropout' Dares to Ask: How Did Theranos Get Away With All This?
The new Hulu series highlights how Elizabeth Holmes—and Theranos—was protected by other people's greed and pride. → Read More
The 10 Best Bay Area Albums of 2020
2020 threw us for a loop. Here’s the music that kept us afloat through it all. → Read More
In Memoriam 2019: The Musicians We Lost
NPR Music celebrates the alt-rock heroes, Hollywood idols, Pulitzer-winning composers, jazz luminaries, cult legends, bold activists, old masters and rising stars the world lost this year. → Read More
Bay Area, How Well Do You Remember the Last Decade?
How well do you know your recent Bay Area history? Take our quiz to find out. → Read More
Cast Your Vote: Help KQED Arts Win a Webby Award
KQED Arts 'If Cities Could Dance' has been nominated in the 23rd Annual Webby Awards. Cast your vote to help it win for Public Media and Arts & Culture. → Read More
Channeling The Pain Of Depression Into Photography, And Finding You Are Not Alone
Tara Wray's book Too Tired for Sunshine is a collection of images she made while struggling with depression. The work struck a chord with others, who are now sharing their images in an online project. → Read More
Listen: KQED Arts' Top 20 Albums of 2018
Japanese psychedelia, political Afrobeat, queer pop and more. → Read More
Bay Area Teens on the Books that Changed Their World
Do you remember the magic of flipping through your first favorite book? These seven young readers do. → Read More
Judge Denies Meek Mill's Request for a New Trial
A Philadelphia judge has denied Meek Mill's petition for a new trial in his decade-old drug and gun convictions. → Read More
'Beyond The Streets,' and Far From Vandalism: Street Art Gets a Massive Show
Outlaws. That's what they were called when they plastered their art on buildings and subway cars. Now, a Los Angeles exhibition looks at the studio work these artists created later in their careers. → Read More
Introducing the 'Great American Read' and 100 Best-Loved Novels
'The Great American Read,' a new eight-part television series and nationwide campaign that explores the power of reading, takes viewers on a journey across the country to find America’s best-loved novel. → Read More
Up From the Ashes, Six Months After the North Bay Fires
We check back in with the artists, chefs and creatives we profiled half a year ago to see how their lives have changed. → Read More
Investors Possibly Buying Weinstein Co. to Turn into Women-Run Studio
The group says the new company will be led by a majority-female board of directors. The firm had been in turmoil over allegations of sexual harassment and abuse against ex-Chairman Harvey Weinstein. → Read More
Dolly Parton Gives the Gift of Literacy: A Library of 100 Million Books
In 1995, the entertainer and philanthropist started the Imagination Library, inspired by her father, who couldn't read and write. Now, it mails free books to more than a million kids each month. → Read More
Spotify Files Papers for Its Entry to the Stock Market
The world's most popular music streaming service has announced its long-anticipated plan to debut on the New York Stock Exchange. Spotify's fate, however, isn't entirely in its own hands. → Read More
‘I Can’t Believe I Am the First,’ Says Oscar-Nominated Female Cinematographer
You may know her from such films as 'Black Panther', where she was director of photography. Now, Rachel Morrison is the first woman ever nominated for an → Read More
Preserving Our Own Personal Black History
On the last day of Black History Month, celebrate not just the "firsts" and "greatests," but the lesser-known bearers of black history. → Read More
Hollywood Diversity Study Finds ‘Mixed Bag’ When It Comes to Representation
The report finds that broadcast TV and children's series are increasingly diverse, but people of color remain underrepresented on all fronts, including lead roles, writers, directors and showrunners. → Read More
Dozens of Music Festivals Announce Gender Balance Initiative
A U.K.-based project, spearheaded by various industry stakeholders, is pledging to balance the gender representation on the stages its members control. → Read More
Alice Bag and Riot Grrrl Royals Pay Punk Homage to ‘9 to 5’
The Chicana punk legend inhabits the foremothers of 9 to 5 to lambaste the gender pay gap. → Read More