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Street Spirit is an independent newspaper in the East Bay dedicated to covering homelessness and poverty from the perspective of those most impacted. Est 1995. A publication of Youth Spirit Artworks.

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Why I don’t go home for the holidays

By Tiara Swearington on December 9, 2021
First-person   Opinion
Reflections on the holiday season by an unhoused writer whose family lives close by

Optimism is real…isn’t it?

By Tiara Swearington on August 9, 2021
Arts and Culture   Poetry
"My soul refuses to die even with a heart full of pain and eyes full of cries in the words of Maya Angelou, 'still I rise.'"

Apology to Jada’Marie

By Tiara Swearington on May 5, 2021
Arts and Culture   Poetry
Mommy’s sorry I can’t be perfect I’m trying.Whenever I’m weak, I think Jada’Marie is worth it. It may not seem

At seven

By Tiara Swearington on April 7, 2021
Arts and Culture   Poetry
A poem by Tiara Swearington.



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