How I celebrate Pride in prison
By Lexie Handling on Despite being incarcerated, people in prison find a way to build community and celebrate Pride.
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Why would anyone want to live on the street?
By Timothy Busby on Accepting one’s homelessness can yield a kind of psychological peace, Busby writes.
Berkeley approved their ‘reimagining public safety’ plan. Why does it include more funding for police?
By Berkeley Copwatch on As Berkeley wraps up discussions of their “reimagining public safety” process, Copwatch asks, why are we continuing to fund a racist police force?
The real-world impact of Trump’s crackdown on government benefits
By Jack Bragen on Bragen received an unprecedented amount of mail from Social Security starting in the year 2020, forcing him to engage in a rigorous process of proving his disabilities were legitimate. This was the result of a policy change by the Trump administration.
There’s no care in Newsom’s ‘CARE court’ for unhoused people
By Jade Arellano on Newsom has explicitly discussed CARE Court as a tool to address street homelessness. But the only real investments in this proposal are in the court system.
Berkeley is ‘reimagining public safety’ all wrong
By Berkeley Copwatch on In 2020, Berkeley committed to reimagining the role of police. Where are we in that process now?
The power of one’s voice as a nonviolent form of self-defense
By Jack Bragen on Your voice can be a useful tool of self-defense when a situation begins to escalate, Bragen writes.
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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.
We need compassion, not code enforcement
By Berkeley Copwatch on The city government works in tandem with police to enforce anti-homeless policies.
The revolving prison door
By Jose Carlos Grant on Home is a crucial component of the stability that keeps communities safe, and people out of prison, Grant writes.