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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: June 2021

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Our June cover

By Street Spirit staff on June 1, 2021
News
Dave Loewenstein The cover of our June issue is a poster design by Dave Loewenstein, which originally appeared in our

Help us build the Street Spirit archive!

By Street Spirit staff on June 1, 2021
Features
Do you have any old copies of Street Spirit that you’ve been holding onto?

America’s effort to destroy poor, disabled people

By Jack Bragen on June 1, 2021
Commentary   Opinion
We are now seeing the fallout of President Trump’s 2021 Budget, which targets the most vulnerable people and pays the people at the very top with a nifty tax break.

Emeryville encampment fights for adequate shelter

By Alastair Boone on June 1, 2021
Features   News
Residents of the former Shellmound Street encampment plan to continue using the courts to fight for their right to adequate housing.

Where to find the COVID vaccine in Alameda County

By Hanna Lykke on June 1, 2021
News
This guide will walk you through how to locate a COVID vaccine. It includes information about specific places you can get vaccinated as an unhoused person, as well as the general avenues for vaccination as an adult in Alameda County.

Street Spirit vendors speak about why they sell the paper

By Mia Sweeney and Street Spirit staff on June 1, 2021
Features
After a hard year for street newspaper sales, vendors speak about their experience selling Street Spirit.

Oakland blight laws put RV inhabitants at risk of eviction

By Chris Lee on June 1, 2021
Features   News
Behind a corrugated metal fence painted powder purple in West Oakland, a small group of people house themselves cheaply in RVs. But the community may soon be evicted under Oakland's blight laws.

Anthem for the homeless

By Claire J. Baker on June 1, 2021
Arts and Culture   Poetry
We want to work and pay our way—yes we, America’s tempest-tossed.We’re part of and beyond the frayin actions paving our

Newsom announces $12 billion budget for housing and homelessness

By Alastair Boone on June 1, 2021
News
In May, Gavin Newsom announced a $12-billion proposal to fund programs to get people off the street. But where exactly would the money go?

The power of art to stop evictions: how you used our anti-eviction poster issue

By Alastair Boone on June 1, 2021
Arts and Culture   Features
A few months ago, we published a whole issue full of anti-eviction artwork. Here are some of the ways it was used.

Street Spirit narrative poetry: being heard

By Douglas Levon Dawkins on June 1, 2021
Arts and Culture   Poetry   YSA youth contributions
A poem from incarcerated poet Douglas Levon Dawkins' collection, "Exhibit A: Homelessness"

Twisted image

June 1, 2021
Arts and Culture   Cartoons
An old comic strip from Ace Backwords' 1990's series, "Twisted Image."
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