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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.

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Month: April 2024

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Is it illegal to be homeless in America? SCOTUS will decide

By The Western Regional Advocacy Project on April 29, 2024
Commentary   Features   Opinion
In April, the Supreme Court heard Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson: A case that will determine whether local governments can fine, arrest, and jail people for living outside when there is nowhere to go.

Residents decry conditions at Wood Street Community Cabins

By Bradley Penner on April 2, 2024
News
“The City of Oakland needs to step up. It starts bringing us to the table to have conversations about policies that are being made about us. Not for us.”

A Little Bit of Change

By Antoine Rufus on April 2, 2024
Arts and Culture   Poetry
"Today we have the chance to create tomorrow."

Rats’ Teeth

By Jaz Colibri on April 2, 2024
Arts and Culture   Poetry
"how many times / can a city take / the last things / an old black man has / on this earth?"

In Dialogue with Corrina Gould: On rematriating land in West Berkeley

By Alastair Boone on April 2, 2024
Features   In Dialogue
In March, the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust made history by rematriating the West Berkeley Shellmound.

From defensive to offensive struggles against displacement

By Juliet Kunkel on April 2, 2024
Commentary   Opinion
An interview with Andrew Lee, author of Defying Displacement: Urban Recomposition and Social War

How the shame of poverty became 27 years in prison

By Kevin Sample on April 2, 2024
First-person   Opinion
Introducing Street Spirit's new Vendor Coordinator, Kevin Sample

Street Spirit Horoscopes: April 2024

By Boudia Crow Lafleur on April 2, 2024
Arts and Culture   Features
Boudia Crow Lafleur divines a new set of horoscopes for Aries season.

Street Spirit Events Calendar: April 2024

April 2, 2024
Arts and Culture   Community Events
Events around the Bay for the month of April, 2024. All events are free unless otherwise noted.

Learning the value of my vote

By Andrew Hardy on April 2, 2024
First-person   Opinion
I never knew the understated yet entirely raw power of voting until Super Tuesday, 2024

Street Spirit has a new office!

April 2, 2024
News   Uncategorized
Original screen print artwork by David Solnit. The print depicts the “Where Do We Go” tents, an installation by Suzi

Why and how to investigate when police abuse

By Berkeley Copwatch on April 2, 2024
Commentary   Opinion
Anyone can investigate the police. No special credentials are needed and, in most situations, it is completely free.



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