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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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UC regents, City Council have turned their backs on Berkeley community

By The People’s Park Historic District Advocacy Group on August 9, 2021
Commentary   Opinion
To put it bluntly, Berkeley citizens feel besieged by the overreach of UC Berkeley. Our concerns include the campus’s surreptitious adding of students, its lack of housing, its gobbling up of property in the city, and more.

New Berkeley budget takes aim at unhoused community

By Berkeley Copwatch on August 9, 2021
Commentary   Opinion
The City of Berkeley passed a one-year budget on the evening of Tuesday, June 30. Here are some of the implications.

Oakland’s new Encampment Management Policy isn’t new at all

By Anita de Asis Miralle aka Needa Bee on August 9, 2021
Commentary   Opinion
Oakland's new Encampment Management Policy is harmful, and cements some of the city's longtime harmful practices.

Supporters speak: Why save People’s Park?

By Katie Latimer and allies of the Park on July 8, 2021
Commentary   Opinion
For this collaborative opinion piece, we asked friends from around the park to share, why do you want to keep People’s Park?

America’s effort to destroy poor, disabled people

By Jack Bragen on June 1, 2021
Commentary   Opinion
We are now seeing the fallout of President Trump’s 2021 Budget, which targets the most vulnerable people and pays the people at the very top with a nifty tax break.

App-based driving provides a shred of hope for some

By Jack Bragen on May 5, 2021
Commentary   Opinion
App-based driving is a mixed bag; it is a sign of desperate times, but it fills a need for many.

The death anniversary of Hate Man, ‘American philosopher’

By Ace Backwords on April 7, 2021
Commentary   Opinion
It’s hard to believe it’s been four years since Hate Man croaked in 2017. But his effect lives on.

Good terminology is necessary for good mental health treatment

By Jack Bragen on February 10, 2021
Commentary   Opinion   YSA youth contributions
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.
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