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Month: September 2022

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What happened to the trees at People’s Park?

By Cam McCuskey (art) and Alastair Boone (words) on September 7, 2022
Features   News
A graphic essay that highlights the August protest at People's Park.

Overdose in American prisons

By Eric Finley on September 7, 2022
News
Drug overdoses in state prisons have climbed by more than 600 percent in the last two decades

Pain

By Anthony Calderon (NXSEAXNS) on September 7, 2022
News
Pain – the feeling when you’re stuck up in the rain – the reason why my patna put a bullet

An open letter from the Wood Street community

By members of the Wood Street encampment community on September 6, 2022
Commentary   Features   First-person   Opinion
As the city, county, and state discuss the fate of Wood Street, residents provide solutions of their own.

‘Belonging nowhere’: how homelessness let me come home to myself

By Ari Wolf on September 6, 2022
Features   Homeless No More
What do you lose when you move indoors? Friendship, amongst other things.

Street album

By Claire J. Baker on September 6, 2022
Arts and Culture   Poetry
May we all keep a photographof the momentsomeone’s eyesmeet our ownand linger—that silvery silence when both acceptour differences and let

Housing for all: despite settlement, the fight continues

By Anita de Asis Miralle aka Needa Bee on September 6, 2022
First-person   Opinion
Even though the city settled, we will continue fighting for the end of encampment evictions; housing for all.

Unhoused Oaklanders make policy change in court

By Alastair Boone on September 6, 2022
News
A recent settlement agreement between the City of Oakland and seven unhoused plaintiffs could lead to big changes to the city’s Encampment Management Policy

The terror that comes with being poor, aging, disabled

By Jack Bragen on September 6, 2022
First-person   Opinion
Fear is a constant burden for people living in poverty, but it can also be a helpful guide.

Oakland tenants in 18-floor complex announce rent strike

By Zack Haber on September 6, 2022
News
A group of tenants have started a rent strike at 110 3rd Avenue in Oakland.

Street Spirit horoscopes: September

By Boudia Crow Lafleur on September 6, 2022
Arts and Culture   Features   YSA youth contributions
Horoscopes for the month of September, written just for Street Spirit.

STREET SPIRIT EVENTS CALENDAR: SEPTEMBER

September 6, 2022
Arts and Culture   Community Events   Features
Resources and community events in the Bay Area for the month of September.
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