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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

0April 5, 2021Living with COVID one year later: Part II – the pre-existing structural conditions of White Supremacy, the Wealth Gap and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex in Grand Rapids

2April 4, 2021Living with COVID one year later: Part I – Another surge in cases, but without explanation

2April 1, 2021Grand Rapids Think Tank promotes more White Supremacy

8March 31, 2021A Year of Billionaire Pandemic Gains: Reimagining Hank & Doug Meijer’s Wealth

5March 31, 2021Operation Safe Neighborhoods? The GRPD, Community Policing and the Suppression of Dissent

4March 29, 2021West Michigan Foundation Watch: The Edgar & Elsa Prince Foundation – financing the far right

0March 28, 2021A new round of pro-GRPD billboards are up: Help us demand transparency for who is paying for these pro-cop messages

0March 26, 2021Increased rent costs in Grand Rapids, bad media advice and the power of Tenant Unions

1March 24, 2021The GRPD continues to create their own narrative, while the Grand Rapids Police Officer’s Association blocks even the mildest of reforms

3March 23, 2021The arrest of Holland Restaurant owner provides a platform for far right ideas, which is then amplified by local news coverage