In Dialogue with Osha Neumann
By Bradley Penner on Neumann reflects on The People v. Coleman, what has—and hasn’t—changed in the 30 years since, and what’s at stake in a new era of criminalization.
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There’s a new health center for unhoused people in Berkeley. Here’s how to use it.
By Cole Haddock and Maria Toldi on Lifelong Medical Care and Berkeley Free Clinic join forces in West Berkeley.
Our house in the middle of the street
By Cole Haddock and Maria Toldi on Eighth and Harrison is more than an encampment, it is a community. This is their story.
Sweeps without housing offers now allowed in parts of Berkeley
By Supriya Yelimeli on “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.”
Irresponsible and human: the story of Rainbow Village
By Matt Ray and Matthew Wranovics on Rainbow Village came to symbolize the hope of a humane response to homelessness that would prioritize the autonomy and dignity of unhoused communities themselves.
In Dialogue with Corrina Gould: On rematriating land in West Berkeley
By Alastair Boone on In March, the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust made history by rematriating the West Berkeley Shellmound.
Clarence Galtney: The OG of Harrison Street
By Bradley Penner on As mounting pressure from the city of Berkeley brings 8th and Harrison to its breaking point, one resident sheds light through the cracks.