Alameda County doesn’t track deaths of unhoused people—Here’s why that impacts the opioid crisis
By Ariel Boone on
Unhoused people are reversing overdoses and saving lives on the street, but these efforts aren't showing up in official counts.
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Opioid overdoses are at record highs. It doesn’t have to be this way
By Ariel Boone on
As COVID intensifies the overdose crisis in Alameda County and elsewhere, harm reduction advocates step in where government lags.
COVID’s impact on people who live outside—a look back at the last 17 months
By Alastair Boone on
Since March 2020, photographer Mark Leong has been documenting how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted people who live outside. These images bring us from the very early days of the pandemic into the present.
Money can be used as a weapon
By Jack Bragen on
Money brings power. While it doesn’t give power over oneself, it gives power over external conditions, events, and people.
Vernon Dailey: former ‘canvass king,’ currently in search of housing
By Sasha Weilbaker on
Street spirits is a monthly feature in which a Street Spirit vendor, or someone who lives on the street, tells us their story.
‘The only way the virus gets in here is through them’: San Quentin prisoners frustrated with latest COVID-19 outbreak
By Joe Garcia on
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has reported nearly 300 new cases in its facilities across California since the beginning of August.
Who holds the key to housing? CA’s project Homekey enters next phase
By Paolo Bicchieri on
To learn more about Project Homekey, Street Spirit got on the phone with Ora Prochovnick and Tyler Rougeau of Eviction Defense Collaborative