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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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A note on our August cover

By Alastair Boone on August 10, 2021
Arts and Culture   Features   YSA youth contributions
As the highly contagious Delta variant spreads and vaccination on the street remains low, houseless people are once again at the forefront of COVID’s impact.

To make change, we must listen to the voices of the streets

By Andy Pope on August 9, 2021
Features   Homeless No More
All we really wanted down there, any of us, was to be treated with normal human respect and dignity, and treated as equals—not as inferiors. We wanted to be listened to, we wanted our voices heard.

Meet the Oakland artists building emergency tiny homes

By Alastair Boone on July 8, 2021
Features
During COVID, many outreach services for unhoused people ground to a halt. Artists Building Communities was born of this moment.

Shawn Moses: Recently housed and full of hope

By Sabrina Kharrazi on July 8, 2021
Features   Street Spirits
Street Spirit vendor Shawn Moses just moved into housing after spending more than ten years on the street.

As encampment sweeps pick up, community continues to build

By Thomas Brouns on July 8, 2021
Features
Cob on Wood, a group of tiny homes and community resources, may be displaced in the wave of encampment sweeps that has picked up again.

Facing eviction, tenant sues UC Regents to release public records

By Zack Haber on July 8, 2021
Features   News
Natalie Logusch is suing the UC Board of Regents to pressure them to release public records related to UC Berkeley’s demolition and development plans.

Help us build the Street Spirit archive!

By Street Spirit staff on June 1, 2021
Features
Do you have any old copies of Street Spirit that you’ve been holding onto?

Emeryville encampment fights for adequate shelter

By Alastair Boone on June 1, 2021
Features   News
Residents of the former Shellmound Street encampment plan to continue using the courts to fight for their right to adequate housing.

Street Spirit vendors speak about why they sell the paper

By Mia Sweeney and Street Spirit staff on June 1, 2021
Features
After a hard year for street newspaper sales, vendors speak about their experience selling Street Spirit.

Oakland blight laws put RV inhabitants at risk of eviction

By Chris Lee on June 1, 2021
Features   News
Behind a corrugated metal fence painted powder purple in West Oakland, a small group of people house themselves cheaply in RVs. But the community may soon be evicted under Oakland's blight laws.

The power of art to stop evictions: how you used our anti-eviction poster issue

By Alastair Boone on June 1, 2021
Arts and Culture   Features
A few months ago, we published a whole issue full of anti-eviction artwork. Here are some of the ways it was used.

Emeryville encampment fights eviction in court

By Alastair Boone on May 5, 2021
Features   News
A federal judge blocked the City of Emeryville from closing an encampment on Shellmound Street. The lawsuit is the latest in a series of legal actions to protect the rights of houseless people in California.
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