In Dialogue with Corrina Gould: On rematriating land in West Berkeley

In March, the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust made history by rematriating the West Berkeley Shellmound.

News from the Street

Residents decry conditions at Wood Street Community Cabins

“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.”

From defensive to offensive struggles against displacement

An interview with Andrew Lee, author of Defying Displacement: Urban Recomposition and Social War

How the shame of poverty became 27 years in prison

By Kevin Sample on April 2, 2024

First-person Opinion

Introducing Street Spirit's new Vendor Coordinator, Kevin Sample

Learning the value of my vote

By Andrew Hardy on April 2, 2024

First-person Opinion

I never knew the understated yet entirely raw power of voting until Super Tuesday, 2024

Why and how to investigate when police abuse

By Berkeley Copwatch on April 2, 2024

Commentary Opinion

Anyone can investigate the police. No special credentials are needed and, in most situations, it is completely free.

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A Little Bit of Change

By Antoine Rufus on April 2, 2024

Arts and Culture Poetry

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By Jaz Colibri on April 2, 2024

Arts and Culture Poetry

"how many times / can a city take / the last things / an old black man has / on this earth?"

Street Spirit Horoscopes: April 2024

By Boudia Crow Lafleur on April 2, 2024

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Boudia Crow Lafleur divines a new set of horoscopes for Aries season

Street Spirit Events Calendar: April 2024

April 2, 2024

Arts and Culture Community Events

Events around the Bay for the month of April, 2024. All events are free unless otherwise noted.

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