The roots of neoliberal fascism in America, and what we can do about it
By Paul Boden on 'The shift to profit over people is killing us all.'
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Beyond Trump: The truly scary side of California’s elections
By Freeway on Californians in the crosshairs of class war will continue to pay for their mere existence.
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.'
The unseen toll of homeless encampment sweeps
By Hollie Garrett on ‘Does the removal of encampments truly address the problem of homelessness, or does it merely displace individuals who are struggling to survive?’
Inside Oakland’s encampment management strategy
By Freeway on "In less than a month’s time, the sweeps that plagued our communities went from useless, annoying, and traumatic to violent, sudden, and criminal."
From Oakland to Frisco, ‘solutions’ created by politricksters are killing us, not housing us
By Tiny on These “solutions” to homelessness—created “about us but without us”—are not only bound to fail, but bound to harm, often leading to our deaths.
The End of an Era for Street Spirit
By Alastair Boone on After nearly 28 years of uplifting the voices and stories of homeless people in the East Bay, this may be our last issue. Here's an update of our future goals, fundraising efforts, and the future of Street Spirit.
Decolonizing Homelessness
By Tiny on Poverty has been a consumer product of krapitalism since the settlers first came here. As a matter of fact, poverty and disability was a crime in all the countries the settlers came from.
Community grows on Wood Street
By Dayton Andrews on Faced with displacement, bonds between residents are strengthening Located at the edge of West Oakland, it spans several blocks along
Berkeley’s Downtown Streets Team helps people learn how to care again
By Timothy Busby on Through the long hard process of becoming homeless, you break, lose sight of the basic values of life and become depressed to a level only the home- less few experiences.
I am one of the 400 homeless youth in Berkeley
Editor’s note: This story was produced in partnership with the Community Based Newsroom, and is part of “The Right to
Money buys choices and I don’t have it
By Jack Bragen on I’m prefacing this essay with a personal statement: I’m in favor of money and I’m in favor of me having