Magic
By Julia Vinograd on A piece by the legendary Berkeley poet, Julia Vinograd.
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Beneath the grass, the sprinklers, and the frogs
By Jack Bragen on For cover, I inhabited the biggest of the frogs. But then I...realized that I was about to be eaten, too, and this would truly be my end.
COVID’s impact on people who live outside—a look back at the last 17 months
By Alastair Boone on Since March 2020, photographer Mark Leong has been documenting how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted people who live outside. These images bring us from the very early days of the pandemic into the present.
There is not enough hope for older people with disabilities who are looking for work
By Jack Bragen on There are many causes of unemployability. Being disabled and older, and not having a college degree are near the top of the list.
A note on our August cover
By Alastair Boone on As the highly contagious Delta variant spreads and vaccination on the street remains low, houseless people are once again at the forefront of COVID’s impact.
Optimism is real…isn’t it?
By Tiara Swearington on "My soul refuses to die
even with a heart full of pain
and eyes full of cries
in the words of Maya Angelou,
'still I rise.'"
Narrative poem: “S.O.S for a homeless vet”
By Douglas Levon Dawkins on Moby Theobald The gutter is not where I’m from. Yes, I been called a statistic, and treated like a bum.
Harassment at its finest
By Marisa Gonzalez on "I do not care for your ill advised attempt to impress me by telling tales of your needle-ridden past."