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Month: February 2022

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Our February cover

February 11, 2022
Arts and Culture   YSA youth contributions
Art by Inti Gonzalez.

Attorney Osha Neumann, tireless advocate for houseless people, retires

By Alastair Boone on February 11, 2022
Features   News
A look back at a lifetime of fighting.

King was a revolutionary: the ‘spiritual death’ of our cities

By Cat Brooks on February 11, 2022
Commentary   Opinion
Dr. King’s vision remains light-years away, Brooks writes, as police brutality and homelessness in cities like Oakland continue to ravage our communities.

Oakland encampment closures are back with a bang

By Alastair Boone on February 11, 2022
Features   News
After a brief pause in 2020 Oakland encampment sweeps appear to be picking up to levels that are higher than they were before the pandemic, according to information obtained by The Oaklandside.

How Berkeley made it illegal to live in a vehicle

By Berkeley Copwatch on February 11, 2022
Commentary   Opinion
Here are the Berkeley laws effectively make it illegal to live in a vehicle.

February letters to the Editor

February 11, 2022
Letters   Opinion
Letters about recent articles in Street Spirit.

Prison currency: noodles, fish, stamps

By Brian Hindson on February 11, 2022
Features   First-person
In prison, many things are used as currency. Cost is dependent on an object’s value.

‘Nothing’s a dollar’: Why it matters that the Dollar Tree upped its prices

By Andy Pope on February 11, 2022
Commentary   Opinion
There’s something about a “Buck- Twenty-Five Tree” that doesn’t quite have a nice ring to it.

Two OUSD staff hunger strike to stop school closures

By Zack Haber on February 11, 2022
Features   News
The hunger strike is ongoing as OUSD moves forward with closing six schools over the next two years.

We are launching an events calendar!

By Street Spirit staff on February 11, 2022
Arts and Culture   Features   News
Submit your community events for publication in Street Spirit

Poverty and hardship are obstacles to health and happiness

By Jack Bragen on February 11, 2022
First-person   Opinion
Living in poverty leads to bad health and premature aging, Bragen writes.

The historical criminalization fact sheet

By The Western Regional Advocacy Project on February 11, 2022
Features
How America has used the law to target marginalized populations over history.
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