HUD’s New Privatization Scheme Is a Trojan Horse
by Lynda Carson
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]fforts to privatize public housing in Berkeley and across the nation may have gotten a little easier
Street Spirit
In His Steps
Story by Joan Clair
“The single criterion for judgment offered by Jesus in his account of the world’s final judgment
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals brings back the First Amendment to Santa Cruz
Mayor Coonerty denounces those feeding the poor downtown as “bad for business.” And former Mayor Mathews presses church authorities to end their free dinners.
Oakland Menlo Hotel Owner Charged with Arson Plot
By Lynda Carson on The wealthy Tiburon owner of Oakland’s low-income Menlo Hotel has been arrested, and is facing 10 years in prison, on suspicion of hiring someone to burn down the residential hotel, according to officials with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Perilous Choices in an Era of Economic Decline
by Robert L. Terrell
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he United States’ current economic doldrums threaten the nation’s long-term viability. And it is obvious to
It’s Crazy to Jail Those Who Need Mental Health Care
by Paul Boden, organizing director, Western Regional Advocacy Project
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) has been documenting the increases
Reflections by Judy Andreas and Buford Buntin
Universal Health Care
Life is simple — everybody needs food, shelter and, at some point, medicine.
by Buford Buntin
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A Reverence for Life in the Midst of Death
by Molly Woodward
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]very winter, when freezing temperatures and wet weather make surviving on the streets even harder, communities
Tax Increases for Workers with the Lowest Incomes
by Joan Clair
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] great deal has been written about the tax bill signed into law by President Obama on
U.S. Mayors Warn of Deadly Rise in Homelessness
Lack of shelter threatens increases in hypothermia and death on the streets
by the National Law Center on Homelessness &
Organizing to Save the California Dream
“I was a client at a homeless shelter. I have been hungry. I have been afraid. I have worked hard
The Martyrdom of Malcolm and Martin
Investigating the assassinations of Martin and Malcolm over the past decade has been a pilgrimage into martyrdom. From that journey, I have learned, first of all, how naïve I was about systemic evil. While there is nothing new about prophets being murdered by the system, I was not aware of how well our own system carries out such murders — and why.