A century-long history of homelessness in Alameda County puts economic inequity at the heart of modern displacement by Alice Feller PIPE CITY In September 1930, an impromptu city sprang up at the foot...

By Bonnie Oviatt Jerry is polite and gregarious. His clothes are a little dirty but no more so than those of someone who has been doing physical labor all day. Jerry’s story is not different from...

Even after resettlement, abused refugee women still find themselves on the verge of homelessness By Alison Stapp It was an exceptionally frigid winter in the south of Russia that year. The temperature...

Can Mayor Libby Schaaf’s new housing proposal save Oakland — before it’s too late? Oakland’s housing crisis has sent the city into a state of emergency, in spite of the city’s determination...