Like a ray of light: Street Spirit’s progress in 2024

For us, Street Spirit feels like a ray of light, which has only gotten brighter as the world around us has darkened.

In the Streets of Berkeley

Insurrection City: the radical beginnings of Ohlone Park

Ohlone Park was born as a sortie in a war over whether public space would be controlled democratically or according to the whims of property owners.

The life and times of Vernon Dailey

I recently won a housing lottery through St. Mary’s Center and will be moving into a one-bedroom apartment in Berkeley soon, very close to where I grew up on Browning Street.

Tents and bars: the cycle between homelessness and incarceration

By Beth Divakaran and Anna Steiner on December 3, 2024

Commentary

We cannot police our way out of a housing crisis or sweep the needs of our neighbors away.

Sweeping in the Rain

By Tiny Gray-Garcia on December 3, 2024

Arts and Culture Poetry

Let the trucks come / Take my pain and wash it away with this endless rain

Slam Bio

By LeaJay Harper on December 3, 2024

Arts and Culture Poetry

I learned that a house / has walls and foundation / But my home was whatever / porch I found to sleep that night

Past Coverage

Where do we go?: The question hits the pavement

By Bradley Penner on November 7, 2024

News

A local nonprofit goes on the offensive as the City of Berkeley prepares to sweep a number of long-standing encampments without guaranteed offers of shelter.

No storage, no shelter: Oakland’s MLK sweep leaves many residents behind

By Yesica Prado on November 7, 2024

News

After the sweep of a long-standing encampment, residents were left without shelter and their belongings destroyed, as key local policies on transparency and safety were ignored.

Staying connected: homelessness and the digital divide

By Hollie Garrett on November 7, 2024

First-person

Phones are not just luxuries—they are lifelines.

Street Spirit horoscopes: December 2024

By Boudia Crow Lafleur on December 3, 2024

"Take this time to practice introspection in your life."