We need compassion, not code enforcement
By Berkeley Copwatch on The city government works in tandem with police to enforce anti-homeless policies.
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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.
Gov. Newsom says Berkeley advocates are ‘slowing progress’
By Where Do We Go Berkeley on Where Do We Go Berkeley responds to a press release in which Governor Gavin Newsom says the group is "slowing progress" with encampment sweeps.
Ashby/Shellmound: space, place, history
By Alastair Boone on Though the encampment community is disappearing, a sense of place remains in the minds of these six former residents.
King was a revolutionary: the ‘spiritual death’ of our cities
By Cat Brooks on Dr. King’s vision remains light-years away, Brooks writes, as police brutality and homelessness in cities like Oakland continue to ravage our communities.
How Berkeley made it illegal to live in a vehicle
By Berkeley Copwatch on Here are the Berkeley laws effectively make it illegal to live in a vehicle.
February letters to the Editor
Letters about recent articles in Street Spirit.
Prison currency: noodles, fish, stamps
By Brian Hindson on In prison, many things are used as currency. Cost is dependent on an object’s value.
‘Nothing’s a dollar’: Why it matters that the Dollar Tree upped its prices
By Andy Pope on There’s something about a “Buck- Twenty-Five Tree” that doesn’t quite have a nice ring to it.
Poverty and hardship are obstacles to health and happiness
By Jack Bragen on Living in poverty leads to bad health and premature aging, Bragen writes.
A note on our cover and the year ahead
By Alastair Boone on The images you see were cut from old issues of this newspaper spanning decades, the earliest from 1999 and the latest from just last month.
My teacher lives on a bench
By Janny Castillo on "This beautiful elder is my teacher. In other parts of the world, she may be considered holy because of her ability to sit in the same place for so long"