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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

2September 11, 2022Political Ads are designed to be vague, deceptive and to misinform the public: Part I

9September 8, 2022Proposed soccer stadium in downtown Grand Rapids is a study in how the DeVos family gets what they want – ownership and massive profits

0September 7, 2022Grand Rapids City Officials voted to give tax breaks to a company that received millions in COVID relief funds, has exploited other tenants in GR, and called the GRPD when tenants tried to organize

2September 6, 2022Another letter calling for the criminalization of the unhoused: The failure to address the root causes of Neoliberal economic policy in Grand Rapids

3September 6, 2022According to the Grand Rapids Police Officer’s Association, it is a waste of tax payer money for a Black person to seek justice in this city

1September 1, 2022More Cops won’t keep us safe: Biden announces even more funding for cops, despite national movement calling for defunding the police

0August 31, 2022Our latest update to the DeVos Family Reader: Monitoring the most powerful family in West Michigan

0August 30, 2022The Reproductive Justice and defunding the police movements have intersecting interests: Resisting police violence and the criminalization of marginalized communities

0August 29, 2022Michigan Freedom Fund campaign seeking to associate Gov Whitmer with the Defund the Police Movement is false and misleading

0August 28, 2022We need a Housing Justice movement that is led by those most affected and a guaranteed living wage in order to overcome the current housing crisis