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Worth a Thousand Words
By Claire J. Baker on A riveting black & white photo: a homeless man & his dog asleep under freeway overpass. The dog’s head rests on the man’s hand, a guardian in
Faithful Fools Retreat on the Streets
By Maureen Hartmann on I felt like a fool, like St. Francis of Assisi, who was a fool for Christ, wandering the streets in the Tenderloin
The downside of success
By Timothy Busby on People measure success in many different ways. For some people it’s marriage and children. For others it is making money. For many it’s just paying the bills due each month. And then you have people, such as myself, who believe that success is in the friendships you make, and in fulfilling the basic necessities needed in order to survive.
Twisted Image
By Ace Backwords onSouth Berkeley’s Here There encampment celebrates two years
By Alastair Boone on As the sun set on Friday, February 22, the residents of South Berkeley’s Here/There encampment had much to celebrate. They were commemorating the two-year anniversary of their encampment. On July 6, 2017, camp was founded by First They Came For The Homeless, a homeless-led political organizing group.
A Revolutionary Mind
By Kaleeo Acatar on So I’m hearing you won.
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Top Down
By Ayat Jalal onTwisted Image
By Ace Backwords onSociety in 2120 (part III)
By Jack Bragen on Recap of part II: “As if to punctuate what it had said, the car abruptly accelerated and passed a cluster
Three Haikus by Needa Bee
By Anita de Asis Miralle on Politricksters Babylon leadersRule with lies, harm those with lessGet paid for their crimes Homefull Houseless on the streets.But with love
The Harp of Hope
By Claire J. Baker on When we are numbed,shocked clear through by tragedies inour home of homes, may somehow we finda way to keep pluckingthe harp strings