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“When educators from public schools go on strike, it's a teaching opportunity. Showing students how to stand up for themselves. It’s a vision of justice.” @MLNow missionlocal.org/2023/09/sf-tea…
After the brother of late Army Ranger and former NFL player Pat Tillman Jr. was arrested in connection with a car crash at a San José post office, his family said Monday that he has been affected by “severe mental health issues” for years. @citizenkrans kqed.org/news/12049042/…
Over the past few months, I’ve been reporting on a subject that seemed to unearth more questions than answers. My quest began with one question: who’s in charge of our state’s cemeteries? @KQED kqed.org/news/12048831
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Thursday on @KQEDnews Forum that the state is filing a third lawsuit this week against President Donald Trump. @gilarezada kqed.org/news/12048504/…
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My last story for @KQED aired yesterday, on how SF supes are responding to widespread ICE arrests and protests. More soon on where I'm heading next! For now, a huge thanks to my editors - and everyone who gave me a few minutes out of their day for a story omny.fm/shows/kqed-seg…
One thing I loved about meeting these older kurdish Peshmerga is the stories they told. They had fought Saddam’s regime for more than a decade. They had seen everything. They came so far. And now they came with their rifles from home. Salt of the earth men. They had big families…
Can’t believe it’s been 10 years. June 2015 at Telskuf on the frontline with Peshmerga covering the war against ISIS.
Beginning in 2026, 1,300 Oakland USD seniors with a minimum 2.5 GPA who have completed required high school courses will receive a letter from CSU East Bay informing them of their guaranteed admission and inviting them to tour the campus. kqed.org/news/12038974/… @gilarezada
The Santa Clara County DA is pursuing criminal charges against a dozen pro-Palestinian student protesters who were arrested in June after barricading themselves inside the Stanford University president’s office. @MGreenKQED @gilarezada @KQEDnews kqed.org/news/12035346/…
just published a #reparations story for @kqed ! read more to find out how racial justice leaders are marching on amid Trump's attacks on DEI kqed.org/news/12034699/…
On the 17th day of the holiest month of the year, Turkey—the self-proclaimed champion of “democracy” & the so-called “protector of the Muslim Ummah”—mercilessly massacred an entire Kurdish family: a mother, a father, & their 7 innocent children.
Îro li Kobanê. Türkiye’nin hava saldırısıyla katlettiği aile. Axîn, Dijle, Dilovan, Yeser, Aziza, Saliha, Avesta, Barkal ve Gazal.
Today marks 37 years since the Halabja chemical massacre - one of the most horrific crimes in modern history, where thousands of Kurds were killed in an instant. On March 16, 1988, Saddam Hussein’s regime launched a brutal chemical attack on the Kurdish city of Halabja, using a…
Reporting live from San Francisco: CA Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined 17 other states to sue President Trump and block his citizenship birthright order. @KQED

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) now controls almost 40% of Syrian territory.
It’s funny how every non-Syrian is suddenly more knowledgeable about the situation in Syria than us Syrians whose families lived through the oppression of the Assad regime and his allies for decades.