Tips for talking about housing and homelessness with friends, family, and peers this season
By Israel Bayer on Discussing unhoused people as individuals rather than a collective problem is a good place to start.
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This year’s biggest strike is by 48,000 academic workers
By Kenzo Esquivel on 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 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 Though drug use leads some people to prison, many are never offered treatment for addiction once incarcerated, Stephen writes.
STREET SPIRIT EVENTS CALENDAR: DECEMBER
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 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 Hint: one way is to buy our new merch!
Wood Street residents fight on
By Alastair Boone on A timeline of sweeps, protest, and political action in October.
Promises to protect incarcerated LGBTQ people go unfulfilled
By Gary K. Farlow on 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 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 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 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.