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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

0February 16, 2023Our latest update to the DeVos Family Reader: Monitoring the most powerful family in West Michigan

0February 15, 2023Will the Democrats reverse Michigan’s Right to Work Law: Low hanging fruit in today’s Class War

1February 14, 2023While DeSantis gets headlines for whitewashing education curriculum, there are groups in West Michigan who are pushing the same anti-Black narrative

2February 13, 2023Blurring the lines between education and Neo-Liberal Capitalism: GVSU partners with local business to provide a talent pipeline

2February 12, 2023The audacity of lawyers: Postponing the trial for the cop that murdered Patrick Lyoya

4February 9, 202320 years ago there was a movement in Grand Rapids to oppose the US war and occupation of Iraq: Part III – Women in Black, global protests, and the lies of Colin Powell about WMDs

1February 8, 2023Why did Rep. Hillary Scholten vote for the Republican resolution that condemns Socialism?

0February 6, 2023Having the City of Grand Rapids sponsor the annual Cesar Chavez march cheapens the legacy of the farmworker movement and perpetuates an already performative act that excludes those who labor in the fields

1February 5, 2023Agreement between Grand Action 2.0 and the Convention Arena Authority on the amphitheater is an agreement between those who run Grand Rapids

0February 2, 2023Political rhetoric is meaningless in the wake of the police murder of Tyre Nichols, especially when the same politicians vote for increased funding for the police