Maps
By Street Spirit staff on A series of maps that use different mediums to capture the sense of both space and place at Ashby/Shellmound.
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Ashby/Shellmound: space, place, history
By Alastair Boone on Though the encampment community is disappearing, a sense of place remains in the minds of these six former residents.
Where are the artists now?
By Alastair Boone on Some are housed while others are living in a motel. One remains outside.
Street Spirit’s March horoscopes
By Boudia Crow Lafleur on Horoscopes for the month of March, written just for Street Spirit.
Attorney Osha Neumann, tireless advocate for houseless people, retires
By Alastair Boone on A look back at a lifetime of fighting.
Oakland encampment closures are back with a bang
By Alastair Boone on After a brief pause in 2020 Oakland encampment sweeps appear to be picking up to levels that are higher than they were before the pandemic, according to information obtained by The Oaklandside.
Prison currency: noodles, fish, stamps
By Brian Hindson on In prison, many things are used as currency. Cost is dependent on an object’s value.
Two OUSD staff hunger strike to stop school closures
By Zack Haber on The hunger strike is ongoing as OUSD moves forward with closing six schools over the next two years.
We are launching an events calendar!
By Street Spirit staff on Submit your community events for publication in Street Spirit
The historical criminalization fact sheet
By The Western Regional Advocacy Project on How America has used the law to target marginalized populations over history.
‘One name is too many’: New numbers paint bleak picture
By Ariel Boone on A new report by the county paints a bleak picture of death on our city streets. Service providers and community members honored those lives lost in memorial events during the month of December.
A note on our cover and the year ahead
By Alastair Boone on The images you see were cut from old issues of this newspaper spanning decades, the earliest from 1999 and the latest from just last month.