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Sweeps without housing offers now allowed at some Berkeley encampments

By Supriya Yelimeli on October 5, 2024

“Everyone else in the country has swept, has pushed. Let’s help those on our streets. Otherwise...this is the beginning of the end, this is the death of Berkeley.”

Residents decry conditions at Wood Street Community Cabins

By Bradley Penner on April 2, 2024

News

“The City of Oakland needs to step up. It starts bringing us to the table to have conversations about policies that are being made about us. Not for us.”

Clarence Galtney: The OG of Harrison Street

By Bradley Penner on November 24, 2023

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As mounting pressure from the city of Berkeley brings 8th and Harrison to its breaking point, one resident sheds light through the cracks.

The End of an Era for Street Spirit

By Alastair Boone on June 30, 2023

Commentary News

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.

Berkeley shelter closes

By Alastair Boone on September 1, 2018

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The closure of the largest homeless shelter in Berkeley leaves many with nowhere to go

Animal Friends: A Saving Grace for Homeless People

August 5, 2018

Features News

“I wrapped her in my jacket and promised I’d never let anybody hurt her again. And that’s my promise to her for the rest of her life. In my mind she’s a little angel that saved me as much as I saved her.”

Writing for the Street Spirit: My 17 Year Journey

August 5, 2018

Features

Writing for Street Spirit has awakened in me a sense of responsibility toward others. Street Spirit is a way for people silenced by big money and big media to have a voice.

Hate Crime Laws Needed to Protect the Homeless

July 13, 2018

Features News

As homelessness becomes more visible, people living on the streets are targeted for bullying, assaults, harassment and even murders.

Resurrection of the Poor People’s Campaign

July 13, 2018

Features News

Rev. Barber told the activists gathered in the nation’s capital that by demonstrating in solidarity with poor people, they had become a link in the long history of people who fought for justice.

Visionary Art of Leon Kennedy

June 18, 2018

Arts and Culture

In Leon Kennedy’s painting, his living friends are portrayed next to long-gone elders and assassinated civil rights leaders. Even death does not shatter the bonds of love and community.

Society’s Failure to Care Is the Root of Homelessness

June 18, 2018

Features News

In one of the richest places in the world, people become so wrapped up in their own comfort and status that they don’t care about the human beings they are stepping over.

The Invisible Natural Cathedral of People’s Park

October 12, 2017

Features News

Builders, please go away. Allow the beauty of an Invisible Natural Cathedral to remain, a living shrine of open space that gives refuge to all people.

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