Alexis Madrigal

1 week ago | revkin.substack.com | Alexis Madrigal

Sustain What webcast alert: What is Journalism For? Explore with Media Tracker Jon Allsop - Wednesday, April 16, noon Eastern. Scroll for viewing links. You can forget about sustaining the physical and biological environment or “civil’ society if the media environment continues to overflow with distraction, deception and attacks on journalism.

1 week ago | kqed.org | Marisa Lagos |Guy Marzorati |Alexis Madrigal

Marisa LagosGuy MarzoratiAlexis MadrigalApr 11Failed to save articlePlease try againOAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 09: In an aerial view, shipping containers are seen stacked on a dock at the Port of Oakland on April 09, 2025 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)With Tuesday’s Oakland mayoral special election just days away, Marisa and Guy are joined by Oakland resident and KQED Forum co-host Alexis Madrigal.

1 week ago | kqed.org | Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí |Alexis Madrigal

Failed to save articlePlease try againCooking instructors shared with KQED’s Forum different strategies for parents and caregivers to get kids and teens excited about cooking. Kids can learn a lot of essential skills with their family: how to tie their shoes, how to ride a bike and — in many homes — how to cook. But just because cooking is an often-important part of daily life, that doesn’t mean it’s always easy to teach kids how to cook.

2 weeks ago | altaonline.com | Alexis Madrigal

At a Sunday service in 1869, the Reverend George Mooar, pastor of the First Congregational Church in Oakland, made a startling prediction. After six long years, the transcontinental railroad project was nearing completion, a moment to be memorialized in the driving of the last spike just north of Salt Lake City in the spring of 1869.

3 weeks ago | kqed.org | Alexis Madrigal

Three California poet laureates, Fresno’s Joseph Rios, El Cerrito’s Tess Taylor and San Francisco’s former poet laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin, received $50,000 from the Academy of American Poetry to fund literary projects in their cities. Their projects include new poetry curriculums, multi-generational workshops, and creating local anthologies. In addition to finding the next generation of poets, the laureates see their mission as creating spaces for people to reflect, connect and build empathy.