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Good terminology is necessary for good mental health treatment

By Jack Bragen on February 10, 2021

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Mental health consumers are rendered impotent by the verbal and psychological tactics of those in the mental health treatment system. This prevents us from building decent lives for ourselves.

In San Francisco, a non-police response to homelessness is in sight

By Stella Kunkat on February 10, 2021

Commentary Opinion

On January 19, San Francisco’s Compassionate Alternative Response Team (CART) working group presented its plan to end the law enforcement response to homelessness and to roll out a new community-run response team.

The final days of Jerkle, the wild turkey of the Berkeley hills

By Ace Backwords on December 2, 2020

Commentary First-person Opinion

I had a poignant moment at my campsite this morning. Involving those goddamn wild turkeys, believe it or not. My hated enemies. But as much of a nemesis and a pain in the ass they can be, I realized there was a bond there.

How the climate emergency exacerbates homelessness

November 3, 2020

Commentary Opinion

The increasing influx of natural disasters is more than a warning of the impending climate crisis. Homeless people will suffer first.

The five steps to becoming homeless: this could be you

By Timothy Busby on November 3, 2020

Commentary Features Opinion YSA youth contributions

With evictions notices becoming legal once again, tens of thousands of Americans who once believed that they would never become unsheltered are going to experience homelessness firsthand.

House keys not sweeps: A campaign for dignity and respect

By The Western Regional Advocacy Project on November 3, 2020

Commentary Opinion

“Sweep” is a euphemism for “kicking someone’s ass.” To those who are fortunate enough to be unfamiliar with sweeps, the word may sound gentle, but it’s eradication, displacement, and eviction through physical force.

People living with mental illness are not represented in politics

By Jack Bragen on November 3, 2020

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As an adult with mental illness and progressive values, my primary focus is not on national politics or getting Trump out of office. My main concern is about the treatment of people who live with mental illness and our lack of opportunities to better our conditions.

Waking up outside under an orange sky

By Alastair Boone on October 1, 2020

Commentary Opinion

While he specter of climate change has already arrived for people who live outside, they also have far more pressing daily needs created by the conditions of their lives.

Protestors demand ‘housing not barricades’ after UC Hastings settlement

By Jiffy Phan on September 1, 2020

Commentary Opinion

Community organizations such as House the Bay, Gay Shame, Coalition on Homelessness, Senior and Disability Action, Do No Harm Coalition, Every 28 Foundation, and more joined together for the march and rally to decry the settlement between UC Hastings and the City of San Francisco, which promises to remove all tents in the area with no offer of housing.

The state should house people living with mental illness

By Jack Bragen on August 1, 2020

Commentary Opinion

When we see our fellow human beings wither away and die on the streets, when we see encampments in the news that appear not much better than living under a pile of trash, when we see human beings who have names...the cure is not worse than the disease. Something must be done.

Why would anyone want to live on the street?

By Timothy Busby on August 1, 2020

Commentary First-person Opinion

Only after I accepted the fact that the person I was before was never coming back…could I begin to accept another life.

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