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Before the Polo Fields, before Hippie Hill and before becoming a staple of the festival circuit, SF’s Golden Gate Park was literally a pile of sand. It was late-19th-century designers, not nature, that created the thousand-acre green space with imported flora and fauna. Even the squirrels were shipped in from the East Coast. At the park’s de Young Museum, artist-in-residence…
If the constant barrage of bad news has got you feeling like running for the northern border you’re in good company. Teen Vogue’s Jessica Goudeau has the trick to keep standing up without wearing down. Microresistances — a response to those subtle incidents of discrimination called microaggressions —are small actions that when made on the daily chip away at big problems.…
Resilient Coders believes that – no matter their history – every kid deserves a fair shake at success. They’re hacking the opportunity gap by leading Boston youth of all backgrounds down the pretty path of code. Here’s how they do it: mentorship, rigorous bootcamps, and a program called ‘the Lab’ where they pair bootcamp grads with experts to work on…
When I first thought about creating the Oakland Gun Violence Interview Series project I had a lot of people come to mind for who I could interview. Growing up in Oakland, most of the people that I know have been affected by gun violence in one way or another. Either they’ve shot someone, have been shot, or have a friend or…
At this year’s TED conference Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks’ explained that we’ve become so good at thinking about the self and unwilling to listen to people of differing views that we’re becoming isolated and afraid of the future. But he also offered a solution: put the ‘us’ back in relationships, identity, and responsibility. On relationship, he says, “We need to…
Rebecca Fried has guts. At age 14 she challenged the research of Richard Jensen, a historian and former University of Illinois Professor, who claimed that anti-Irish discrimination in America was a myth. He said ‘No Irish Need Apply’ signs and newspaper ads were almost non-existent in the 1840’s – 1920’s. Rebecca proved him wrong. She poked around on the web…
Maybe it was growing up on the streets of Hoboken, NJ, or it could’ve just been in his DNA, but Bill Bailey was an Irish American who basically wasn’t afraid of anything and he liked getting into good trouble. Born in 1909, he lived through The Great Depression and both world wars, and as a result developed a belief in…
The Pulitzer Prize has a neat little backstory. It was established in 1917 after the death of Hungarian-American journalist and publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, who was in love with American culture and journalism. Known as the fierce antidote to the corrupt government the prize was meant to “advance the encouragement of public service, public morals, American literature, and the advancement of…
In defiance of impending cuts to Planned Parenthood, a stack of celebs including Björk, John Legend and Tig Notaro are curating a set of 7” singles featuring music, spoken word, and comedy. It’s called ‘7-inches for Planned Parenthood’ and 100% of the proceeds go to, wait for it, Planned Parenthood. “This curated series of 7-inch vinyl records is being made by…
John D’Eri runs a car wash. So what, right? Well, John’s employees all have something in common: autism. He was inspired by his son, Andrew, who was diagnosed with autism at age 2. At first, John was devastated by the news. But Andrew, who’s incredibly observant, never let the label stop him from doing what he wanted to do. “I…
