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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. A publication of Youth Spirit Artworks.

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COVID’s impact on people who live outside—a look back at the last 17 months

By Alastair Boone on September 6, 2021
Arts and Culture   Features
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.

Remembering Robin Silver

By Alastair Boone on September 6, 2021
Arts and Culture   Community Events   Features   News
In memory of Robin Silver.

Twisted image

By Ace Backwords on September 6, 2021
Arts and Culture   Cartoons
Twisted Image, a cartoon by Ace Backwords.

There is not enough hope for older people with disabilities who are looking for work

By Jack Bragen on August 10, 2021
First-person   Opinion   YSA youth contributions
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 August 10, 2021
Arts and Culture   Features   YSA youth contributions
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 August 9, 2021
Arts and Culture   Poetry
"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 August 9, 2021
Arts and Culture   YSA youth contributions
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 August 9, 2021
Arts and Culture   Poetry
"I do not care for your ill advised attempt to impress me by telling tales of your needle-ridden past."

Twisted Image

By Ace Backwords on August 9, 2021
Arts and Culture   Cartoons
Twisted Image, a cartoon by Ace Backwords

The side of the pandemic

By Charles Blackwell on August 9, 2021
Arts and Culture   Poetry
A piece by award-winning poet, Charles Blackwell.

Narrative poem: After years of domestic violence, I am not Jane Doe

By Douglas Levon Dawkins on July 7, 2021
Arts and Culture   Poetry   YSA youth contributions
A narrative poem by Truth N. Poetry.

Twisted Image

By Ace Backwords on July 7, 2021
Arts and Culture   Cartoons
Twisted Image by Ace Backwords
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