Nathanael Johnson
The cesarean section is designed to help deliver babies through problem pregnancies, reducing the danger of childbirth for babies and their mothers. But it turns out the increasing popularity of c-section deliveries might be having an unintended consequence.
Earlier this year, an analysis showed...
Silicon Valley is the world’s tech capital, so you might think technology would be a key part of the curriculum in schools there. But, while savvy high-tech leaders may make a living off of innovations, when it comes to educating their children, some people are choosing to take an alternative route...
KALW’s Nathanael Johnson lives in San Francisco, near Mission and 30th street. It’s at the intersection of several different neighborhoods with lots of people from different backgrounds. But just because people are living next to each other doesn’t necessarily mean they get to know one another. As...
Last month, on Crosscurrents, we aired “The Planning Problem” - a documentary by Nathanael Johnson exploring how and why big budget projects like “The Big Dig” in Boston or the eastern span of the Bay Bridge right here cost several times more than they’re expected to. Transportation planning expert...
Quentin Kopp is a former San Francisco supervisor, a former state senator and a retired superior court judge. He was chairman of the California High-Speed Rail Authority when voters passed that nearly $10 billion bond in 2008, and he still serves on the board. Kopp helped the state secure $2.25...
Occasionally, getting people to the polls is a glamorous job. After all, P. Diddy, Justin Timberlake, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson all rocked the vote back in their day. But usually, voter outreach is a rough business. Of the 13,000 people you might call to encourage to vote, you'll talk...
A Crosscurrents half-hour special on High Speed Rail in California. Nathanael Johnson looks at the "Planning Problem."
All over the country, regional planners are working on high-speed rail networks. President Barack Obama has said now is the time to build a modern passenger train system:
BARACK OBAMA: There's no reason why we can't do this. This is America. There's no reason why the future of travel should lie...
Imagine a utopian future free of congested highways and rush hour sig-alerts, where people in the Bay Area find they can get anywhere they need to go via public transportation. What would that take? Shining monorails? Hovercraft? Giant pneumatic tubes? Actually, none of that would really be...
Property descriptions have always been their own genre of creative writing, but in recent years something new has appeared amid this flowering of adjectives and abbreviations. Now, along with Realtorese like “half bath,” “huge upside,” and “junior five,” you’re likely to find some reference to a...
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