Oakland protest leads to invitation from city administrator’s office
By Bradley Penner on "We need to get people off the street and into a safer environment while they’re waiting for permanent housing.”
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Like a ray of light: Street Spirit’s progress in 2024
By Street Spirit staff on For us, Street Spirit feels like a ray of light, which has only gotten brighter as the world around us has darkened.
Illness and the state of the body
By Bradley Penner on '...new policies, these treatments, will target the easiest scapegoat—individuals. People misdiagnosed as malignancy, the “mysterious disease of individuals,” who are somehow, for some reason, spreading down the sidewalks and spilling out into the gutters.'
Street Spirit Editor Bradley Penner to take temporary medical leave
By Bradley Penner on We plan to welcome him back onto our team in September once he completes chemotherapy.
On Place in an Era of Erasure
By Bradley Penner on Here in the East Bay, we find ourselves in a unique position to both honor and expand upon the legacy of place within our communities, or moreover, what those places could become when the community works together.
Forging Our Path Together: Street Spirit at the Crossroads
By Bradley Penner on Street Spirit stands at a crossroads. But our community's joy and resilience carries us into the future.