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.”
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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.
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By Ace Backwords onFull 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
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
Editor’s note: This story was produced in partnership with the Community Based Newsroom, and is part of “The Right to
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By Ace Backwords onThe Veil
By Charles Blackwell on Old school musicburnt orangepeople at the table across from meordered spaghetti.The waiter jerked, stumbled,and it fell to the floor. She
Use caution when telling people you were homeless
By Andy Pope on When I was first trying to get inside, I made sure my prospective landlord wouldn’t know I had ever been homeless. Why? Simply put, I didn’t want to jeopardize my chances. It was enough to tell him I was on a fixed income, which at the time was Social Security Disability
We must take matters into our own hands
By Tracy Lee on Oakland is a city of so many races and cultures. Different, diverse, and from so many kinds of backgrounds. But one thing that unites us is the caring and loving people we are. No matter how hard the struggle may be, we always take care of each other. We are all in the same boat—struggling to live. We take matters into our own hands to get through life.