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.
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The life of Street Spirit vendor Vernon Dailey (outside of selling newspapers)
A missive from Street Spirit vendor, Vernon Dailey.
How the shame of poverty became 27 years in prison
By Kevin Sample on Introducing Street Spirit's new Vendor Coordinator, Kevin Sample
Street Spirit has a new office!
Original screen print artwork by David Solnit. The print depicts the “Where Do We Go” tents, an installation by Suzi
After eight months out of print, Street Spirit is back!
By Alastair Boone on “Street Spirit!” an unhoused friend exclaims each time I walk by her encampment on San Pablo Avenue. “That’s the people’s newspaper!”
Love in the Time of Sweeps: A Couple’s Fight to Find Shelter Together
By Bradley Penner and Alastair Boone on One couple’s struggle to access resources after an encampment sweep sheds light on one way the coordinated entry process breaks down.
Landlords’ Party Celebrating the End of the COVID Eviction Moratorium Ends in Confrontation between Tenants and Landlords
By Bradley Penner on Fights broke out at Freehouse Pub as tenants protested a party celebrating the end of tenant protections throughout the City of Berkeley.
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.
Introducing this issue
Within this issue you will find stories of displacement and struggle, calls to action, and dreams of a future where decolonization is not merely a metaphor, but instead, a real return of land to those who have always called this place home.
Reflections on the Legacy of Street Spirit
By Terry Messman on Street Spirit was a decades-long effort by hundreds of writers and activists who defended the human rights of homeless people and gave a direct voice to some of the most oppressed, marginalized and voiceless members of our society.
10 ways to support Street Spirit in the new year
By Alastair Boone on Here are 10 ways to support Street Spirit in the new year.
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.