Oakland’s new Encampment Management Policy isn’t new at all
By Anita de Asis Miralle aka Needa Bee on Oakland's new Encampment Management Policy is harmful, and cements some of the city's longtime harmful practices.
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Familiar strangers: One of the many funny things about city life
By Ace Backwords on Recently, my friend, the artist John H. Seabury, was talking on his Facebook page about this guy he’s seen for
The onset of schizophrenia: an inside perspective
By Jack Bragen on The following is a narrative of the onset of schizophrenia, told from the perspective of the individual who is in the process of becoming ill.
Supporters speak: Why save People’s Park?
By Katie Latimer and allies of the Park on 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 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 App-based driving is a mixed bag; it is a sign of desperate times, but it fills a need for many.
Reflections from a recovering meth addict
By Bobby Nobel on I think it’s safe to say meth ruined my life. At least for the time being. It changed my outlook on life and it changed people’s outlook on me.
The death anniversary of Hate Man, ‘American philosopher’
By Ace Backwords on It’s hard to believe it’s been four years since Hate Man croaked in 2017. But his effect lives on.
For people with mental illness, jail should never be normalized
By Jack Bragen on People who violate our overly complex and needlessly punitive web of laws, when they do so due to being disconnected from reality due to a psychiatric illness, are suffering from an illness and they are not criminals.
The ‘secret homeless’
By Ace Backwords on Generally I like to think of myself as the “secret homeless"—you would walk right by me and never guess I was homeless.
Good terminology is necessary for good mental health treatment
By Jack Bragen on 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 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.