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My Son is Homeless

July 18, 2016
by Marjorie Witt

My son is a 42 year old homeless man who lives on the streets of West Oakland. This is not only our story, most homeless people that you see have a family somewhere.

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Keep on Painting

January 14, 2016
by Joseph Meehan

Writer, Joseph Meehan, spends a day with some of Oakland’s premier graffiti artists.

From Telemarketer to Manual Labourer
- by Matt Micheli
- 9 minute read
Nursing: It’s not a vocation if you hate it
- by Caitriona Murphy
- 5 minute read
The Last of the Porn Peddlers
- by Laurence Rivers
- 4 minute read
Words of Wisdom: Career
- by Yahia Lababidi
- 2 minute read
How to be a Decent Cashier
- by Briana Silva
- 4 minute read
Beyond Work: The Refuse Collector
- by Curtis James
- 7 minute read
Running of the Bulls
- by Laurence Rivers
- 4 minute read
Beaver Eating at Burning Man
- by Leah Mueller
- 11 minute read
Too High Too Far Too Soon
- by Simon Mason
- 8 minute read
Domestic Bliss
- by Leanne Jenkins
- 3 minute read
Teacher
- by Laurence Rivers
- 6 minute read
I Was Verbally Abused by a Tudor
- by Kate MacCarthy
- 6 minute read
Noir the Savior
- by Matt Mattila
- 9 minute read
The Hazards of Online Dating
- by Maxine Winch
- 4 minute read
Driving Corpses for Money
- by Brandon Christopher
- 9 minute read
The Best Easter of My Life
- by Holly Watson
- 3 minute read
I Hate Bedbugs
- by Stacey Orth
- 9 minute read
Sour Mash
- by Dominic Bucca
- 5 minute read
I Survived 27 Surgeries
- by Amy Oestreicher
- 7 minute read
Confessions of a Bad Waitress
- by Stacey Orth
- 6 minute read
Don’t Ever Become a Nurse
- by Imogen Gang
- 4 minute read
Things I Haven’t Said
- by Michael Herrington
- 4 minute read
Not In The Pink
- by Tina Martel
- 5 minute read
Overeaters Anonymous
- by Steve Slavin
- 5 minute read
Beyond Work: Shopping Centre Santa Claus
- by Curtis James
- 3 minute read
How to Sell Wine
- by Stacey Orth
- 7 minute read
My Son is Homeless
- by Marjorie Witt
- 5 minute read
Barcelona Burns. A week in protests.
- by Giusi Palomba
- 7 minute read
The Rise of Health Food Porn
- by Jake Taylor
- 3 minute read
Retail Tales with Brian Brehmer: #13 The Customers
- by Brian Brehmer
- 4 minute read

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