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In Dialogue with Matthew Desmond

By Anna Pedersen on May 22, 2020

It’s time to rethink eviction policies in light of the coronavirus crisis, says author Matthew Desmond, who has been tracking eviction moratoriums, utility cutoff bans and other renter protections during the pandemic.

How has COVID-19 impacted homeless advocates and service providers?

By Daniel Lempres on May 12, 2020

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For advocates and those in the nonprofit sector racing to meet these needs, the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the extent to which unhoused people rely on an informal safety net of nonprofits, advocates, and volunteers to survive.

In Dialogue with Dr. Jason Reinking—aka “Dr. Jay”—of LifeLong Medical Care

By Ricky Rodas on May 1, 2020

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Dr. Jay speaks about how unsheltered people can protect themselves during these tough times, and what their housed neighbors can do to provide support.

The history of homelessness in the U.S. rears its head in the face of COVID-19

By Molly Beckhardt and WRAP on April 30, 2020

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Many will not remember this, but before the early 1980s, there weren't millions of homeless people in the United States. Contemporary homelessness was created by a federal government response to what was, at the time, considered a short-term economic crisis.

You can’t leave PTSD at the door

By Andy Pope on April 1, 2020

Features Homeless No More

When I was homeless, I was in a constant state of shock. Now the “shocks” are only intermittent. This is the essence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

In Dialogue with Moms 4 Housing co-founder Dominique Walker

By Alastair Boone on March 1, 2020

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Street Spirit sat down with Dominique Walker to talk about her history as an organizer, and the future of the Moms 4 Housing movement.

Celebrating the life of Mike Zint

By Natalie Orenstein on March 1, 2020

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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.

Use caution when telling people you were homeless

By Andy Pope on February 1, 2020

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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

Jojo: singer, writer, free spirit

By Emma Arnesty-Good on February 1, 2020

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JoJo doesn’t always consider herself homeless. The twenty-nine-year-old prefers to live outside of that label. “I consider myself a part

Vendors speak: What does Street Spirit mean to you?

January 8, 2020

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We asked Street Spirit vendors to reflect on their relationship to the paper. JC Orton, Street Spirit coordinator for about

This is a community

By Terry Messman on January 8, 2020

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The poet T.S. Eliot once addressed a deeply disturbing question to city dwellers everywhere, a profound challenge to our consciences that cuts to the heart of everything that has gone wrong in our society.

My read on Street Spirit changed when I moved inside

By Andy Pope on January 1, 2020

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My relationship to many things has changed since I’ve been living indoors. Obviously, my association with homelessness and with homeless

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