The weight of shame: a common burden on the street
By Andy Pope on How the shame associated with homelessness can become something like a mental illness.
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CCA staff and adjuncts ratify union contracts, receive wage hikes
By Zack Haber on CCA’s recent action is part of a growing national trend of union combativeness, Haber writes.
Street Spirit events calendar: May
Resources and community events for the month of May
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.
People’s Park celebrates 53 years as Cal development plans creep closer
By Alastair Boone on On the 53rd anniversary of People's Park, community members gathered to celebrate.
Star: on the loneliness of living unsheltered
By Martha Cast on Star reflects on the reason why it is so difficult to become housed. Plus, an update about Street Spirit vendor Vernon Dailey.
Street Spirit horoscopes: May
By Boudia Crow Lafleur on Horoscopes for the month of May, written just for Street Spirit.
‘We’re your neighbors, and we’re organized’
By Zack Haber on Amid a national wave in renter organizing, tenants in eight Oakland buildings organized a 13-month rent strike—and won.
Josh: Sailor, diver, ‘decent human being’
By Martha Cast on Josh, who is 47, maintains simple, attainable goals: to be happy, and to be a decent human being.
The lingering feeling of homelessness
By Andy Pope on Even after moving inside, one may never stop "feeling" homeless—as if they might be "found out" for their past at any moment.
Street Spirit events calendar: April
By Street Spirit staff on Resources and community events for the month of April
Street Spirit horoscopes: April
By Boudia Crow Lafleur on Horoscopes for the month of April, written just for Street Spirit.