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QuARTz Queer Art Market makes selling art accessible
By Emma Hegenbart on
Queer Art Market feels like a party: it makes selling art accessible and cultivates a community feel.
The weight of shame: a common burden on the street
By Andy Pope on
How the shame associated with homelessness can become something like a mental illness.
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?
CCA staff and adjuncts ratify union contracts, receive wage hikes
By Zack Haber on
CCA’s recent action is part of a growing national trend of union combativeness, Haber writes.
In Dialogue with Sakhone Lasaphangthong: An advocate for unhoused people in Oakland Chinatown
By Alastair Boone on
Sakhone is a community organizer who has become a key player Oakland Chinatown's homeless response.
People’s Park celebrates 53 years as Cal development plans creep closer
By Alastair Boone on
On the 53rd anniversary of People's Park, community members gathered to celebrate.
Star: on the loneliness of living unsheltered
By Martha Cast on
Star reflects on the reason why it is so difficult to become housed. Plus, an update about Street Spirit vendor Vernon Dailey.
Street Spirit horoscopes: May
By Boudia Crow Lafleur on
Horoscopes for the month of May, written just for Street Spirit.