“No justice? No peace.”
By Alejandro on Our June/July cover. Artwork based on photography by:–Kit Castagne–Beth LaBerge–Brooke Anderson–Ray Chavez–
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Everyone deserves to shelter in place, including homeless people
By TJ Johnston on “Sheltering in place” is a privilege that over 9,000 unhoused San Franciscans do not enjoy. Yet, shelters are congregate environments where people sleep barely more than two feet away from one another, head to foot or top to bottom in bunks.
The pandemic resembles one of my psychotic episodes
By Jack Bragen on The current pandemic makes it seem as though the world has gone insane. This time, I'm not crazy, but neither are other people. Reality has taken a surreal turn.
A taste of homelessness
By Timothy Busby on I can’t help but think to myself, “now the general population is getting a taste of what we, the homeless, face everyday.”
Wood Street encampment residents host memorial
By Zack Haber on More than a dozen unhoused Oakland residents and housing justice advocates gathered on the afternoon of February 15 just west of Wood and 24th Streets to memorialize unhoused local residents who’ve passed away.
Twisted Image
By Ace Backwords onYouth Spirit Artworks secures Oakland site for Youth Tiny House Village
By Alastair Boone on Youth Spirit Artworks (YSA) is celebrating a long awaited accomplishment: After scouring the East Bay for a site for their Youth Tiny House Village, YSA has secured a site in East Oakland.
Full Moon for Mike
By Sarah Menefee on oh Mike Mike!let’s all drop our drawers and moon them again.moon them right outof their meannessa mooning revolution.I can hear
Celebrating the life of Mike Zint
By Natalie Orenstein on Michael “Mike” Zint, an outspoken activist whose “Poor Tour” around Berkeley thrust the plight of homeless people in city officials’ faces, died on February 14. He was 53.
I am one of the 400 homeless youth in Berkeley
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