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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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The weight of shame: a common burden on the street

By Andy Pope on May 5, 2022
Features   Homeless No More
How the shame associated with homelessness can become something like a mental illness.

CCA staff and adjuncts ratify union contracts, receive wage hikes

By Zack Haber on May 5, 2022
Features   News
CCA’s recent action is part of a growing national trend of union combativeness, Haber writes.

Street Spirit events calendar: May

May 5, 2022
Community Events   Features
Resources and community events for the month of May

In Dialogue with Sakhone Lasaphangthong: An advocate for unhoused people in Oakland Chinatown

By Alastair Boone on May 5, 2022
Features   In Dialogue
Sakhone is a community organizer who has become a key player Oakland Chinatown's homeless response.

People’s Park celebrates 53 years as Cal development plans creep closer

By Alastair Boone on May 5, 2022
Arts and Culture   Community Events   Features
On the 53rd anniversary of People's Park, community members gathered to celebrate.

Star: on the loneliness of living unsheltered

By Martha Cast on May 5, 2022
Features   Street Spirits
Star reflects on the reason why it is so difficult to become housed. Plus, an update about Street Spirit vendor Vernon Dailey.

Street Spirit horoscopes: May

By Boudia Crow Lafleur on May 5, 2022
Arts and Culture   Features
Horoscopes for the month of May, written just for Street Spirit.

‘We’re your neighbors, and we’re organized’

By Zack Haber on April 1, 2022
Features   News
Amid a national wave in renter organizing, tenants in eight Oakland buildings organized a 13-month rent strike—and won.

Josh: Sailor, diver, ‘decent human being’

By Martha Cast on April 1, 2022
Features   First-person   Street Spirits
Josh, who is 47, maintains simple, attainable goals: to be happy, and to be a decent human being.

The lingering feeling of homelessness

By Andy Pope on April 1, 2022
Features   First-person   Homeless No More   Opinion
Even after moving inside, one may never stop "feeling" homeless—as if they might be "found out" for their past at any moment.

Street Spirit events calendar: April

By Street Spirit staff on April 1, 2022
Community Events   Features
Resources and community events for the month of April

Street Spirit horoscopes: April

By Boudia Crow Lafleur on April 1, 2022
Arts and Culture   Features
Horoscopes for the month of April, written just for Street Spirit.
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