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August 27, 2025
A far right Christian blog just referred to GRIID as a left-wing website that isn’t committed to the truth
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August 26, 2025
We are missing the point of the Meijer controversy: Profits over people
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August 26, 2025
Civil Rights activist and entertainer Dick Gregory spoke at Fountain Street Church in 1969
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August 25, 2025
Once again the GR Chamber of Commerce wants us to believe that they are looking out for the little guy
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August 24, 2025
Monitoring the Rich and Powerful in Grand Rapids – Segment #6: Downtown development projects are NOT made for us
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August 23, 2025
Palestine Solidarity Information and Analysis for the week of August 24th
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August 21, 2025
GRIID is offering classes, workshops & trainings for people and groups doing resistance work, community organizing and movement building
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August 20, 2025
Civil Rights activist James Meredith spoke at Fountain Street Church in 1967
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August 20, 2025
An interesting response to my recent post about the DeVos-owned bourbon label: Liberals acting as apologists for the DeVos family
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August 19, 2025
Chief Winstrom thinks Grand Rapids is doing a pretty good job supporting the unhoused, but fails to mention the City ordinances that already criminalize the unhoused
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