In Dialogue with Osha Neumann
By Bradley Penner on Neumann reflects on The People v. Coleman, what has—and hasn’t—changed in the 30 years since, and what’s at stake in a new era of criminalization.
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In Dialogue is a column in which Street Spirit speaks with community leaders.
In Dialogue with Supervisor Nikki Fortunato Bas
By Alastair Boone on Measure W is projected to generate billions for homelessness services. What will Alameda County do with the funds?
In Dialogue with Andrea Henson: Why I chained myself to a fence to defend my clients
By Laura A. Zink on Andrea Henson, Executive Director of Where Do We Go, chained herself to the property before Caltrans arrived, and they arrested her for it. Even though, Andrea argues, Caltrans was the one breaking the law.
Local leaders first impressions of SCOTUS ruling on homelessness
By Laura A. Zink on "Sweeps are a war of attrition. But it’s becoming even more of just a straight up battlefield."
SCOTUS rules: Cities can make it illegal to sleep outside
By Alastair Boone on "...it’s dangerous to have a government that doesn’t represent the values and preferences of the people."
In Dialogue with Corrina Gould: On rematriating land in West Berkeley
By Alastair Boone on In March, the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust made history by rematriating the West Berkeley Shellmound.
The organizing power of a Homeless Union
By Alastair Boone on The National Union of the Homeless has been instrumental in securing basic human rights for homeless people for decades. We spoke to founding member, Anthony Prince.
In Dialogue with Sakhone Lasaphangthong: An advocate for unhoused people in Oakland Chinatown
By Alastair Boone on Sakhone is a community organizer who has become a key player Oakland Chinatown's homeless response.
Who holds the key to housing? CA’s project Homekey enters next phase
By Paolo Bicchieri on To learn more about Project Homekey, Street Spirit got on the phone with Ora Prochovnick and Tyler Rougeau of Eviction Defense Collaborative
COVID-19 in the homeless community: In Dialogue with Dr. Harrison Alter
By Alastair Boone on At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, it seemed a given that the virus would ravage the homeless community—but this has not taken place. We spoke to Dr. Harrison Alter about why.
What’s that book Street Spirit vendors are selling?
By Alastair Boone on In July 2019, Rick Paulas generously donated hundreds of copies of his book, Eastern Span, for Street Spirit vendors to sell along with their papers. Because of this success, he donated an additional 775 books for our vendors to sell in the coming months.
In Dialogue: Lil B talks music, humanity, and homelessness
By Alastair Boone and Elias Domingo on After he dropped the song “Street Spirit Newspaper" in February 2020, we connected with Lil B to talk about his life, career, the song, and more.