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Tips for talking about housing and homelessness with friends, family, and peers this season

By Israel Bayer on December 6, 2022
Features
Discussing unhoused people as individuals rather than a collective problem is a good place to start.

This year’s biggest strike is by 48,000 academic workers

By Kenzo Esquivel on December 5, 2022
Features   News
UC Berkeley student workers are striking for better wages and benefits in the largest academic workers’ strike in U.S. history.

Staying warm and dry 101

By Ace Backwords on December 5, 2022
Features   First-person   Opinion
As the weather changes, some tips for staying warm and dry on the street.

The failure of drug treatment in prisons

By Reginald Stephen on December 5, 2022
Features
Though drug use leads some people to prison, many are never offered treatment for addiction once incarcerated, Stephen writes.

STREET SPIRIT EVENTS CALENDAR: DECEMBER

December 5, 2022
Features
Resources and community events in the Bay Area for the month of December, all free unless otherwise specified.

December horoscopes

By Boudia Crow Lafleur on December 5, 2022
Features
Horoscopes for the month of December, written just for Street Spirit.

10 ways to support Street Spirit this holiday season

By Street Spirit staff on December 5, 2022
Features
Hint: one way is to buy our new merch!

Wood Street residents fight on

By Alastair Boone on November 10, 2022
Features   News
A timeline of sweeps, protest, and political action in October.

Promises to protect incarcerated LGBTQ people go unfulfilled

By Gary K. Farlow on November 10, 2022
Features   First-person
Despite recent legislative wins, prison remains unsafe for LGBTQ+ people.

Societal shame degrades self-esteem; makes it hard to get off the street

By Andy Pope on November 10, 2022
Features   First-person   Homeless No More
Often, society’s expectations of unhoused people are degrading, and do nothing to help get people indoors.

The Parker Elementary occupation comes to a close

By Ashley McBride on November 10, 2022
Features   News
After 125 days, the group occupying the Parker school building to keep it from closing ended their protest and the school board voted on a new use for the facility.

As the refugee crisis worsens, street papers offer a path to stability and a hopeful future

By Tony Inglis on November 10, 2022
Features
As a refugee crisis sweeps the globe, street newspapers around the world have found themselves providing employment to many who are looking to rebuild their lives.
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