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Street Spirit is an independent newspaper in the East Bay dedicated to covering homelessness and poverty from the perspective of those most impacted. Est 1995. A publication of Youth Spirit Artworks.

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Month: January 2021

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In Dialogue: Lil B talks music, humanity, and homelessness

By Alastair Boone and Elias Domingo on January 13, 2021
Features   In Dialogue
After he dropped the song “Street Spirit Newspaper" in February 2020, we connected with Lil B to talk about his life, career, the song, and more.

One of many

By Douglas Levon Dawkins on January 13, 2021
Arts and Culture   Poetry
"One of Many," a poem by incarcerated writer Douglas Levon Dawkins.

Tyrone Jones: Husband, landscaper, adventurer

By Noah Baustin on January 13, 2021
Features   Street Spirits
Street Spirit vendor Tyrone Jones selling papers by the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Vine Street. But Berkeley feels like a far cry from Jones’s childhood in a small community north of St. Louis, Missouri.

When will unhoused people get the COVID-19 vaccine?

By Alastair Boone on January 13, 2021
News
As Bay Area healthcare workers started receiving the coronavirus vaccine at the end of December, unhoused people and their advocates are wondering when the vaccine will become available to the homeless community.

East Bay porta-potties plagued by problems, some better than others

By Nick Burt on January 13, 2021
Features   News
East Bay cities pay for porta potty service at some of the encampments, but the portable toilets are often in disarray. Why?

East Bay memorials honor lives lost on the street

January 13, 2021
Features   News
cheema sits in her home in front of an altar for lives lost on the street. (Thomas Brouns) December brought

Wear the poem if it fits

By Claire J. Baker on January 13, 2021
Arts and Culture   Poetry
A poem by Claire J. Baker

East Bay Advisory—Fentanyl Warning

January 13, 2021
News
There has been an increase in Fentanyl being found in stimulants and other drugs in the Bay Area. Use caution.

Not True

By Janny Castillo on January 13, 2021
Arts and Culture   Poetry
A poem by Janny Castillo

My first holiday free, alone, and away from my prison family

By Jonathan Chiu on January 12, 2021
Features   First-person   Opinion
This year, I’m spending my first Christmas in 16 years as a free man, but because of the pandemic, I am again separated from my family. I feel the same loneliness I felt inside, but it’s by choice.

Rain or shine, grassroots organizations distribute aid to unhoused

By Thomas Brouns on January 12, 2021
Features   News
A handful of dedicated volunteers from spent a cold, wet December day delivering supplies to East Bay homeless encampments. Volunteer events like this help fill the gaps that are left by local governments and official service providers.

San Francisco extends shelter-in-place hotel program

By Nuala Bashari on January 12, 2021
News
The City of San Francisco will house more people in hotel rooms than it had planned thanks to a law the Board of Supervisors passed unanimously on December 15.
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