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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

1September 9, 2021My initial reaction on September 11, 2001: US Exceptionalism and the Legacy of the War on Terror – Part I

0September 8, 2021The GRPD once again demonstrates that they can wrongfully arrest Black people with impunity

0September 7, 2021Serial Offender: NAACP Legal Defense Fund submits a brief against GRPD’s Captain VanderKooi for violating the rights of two Black teenagers….again

0September 6, 2021Interview with Michigan Association of Civil Rights Activists (MACRA) on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the City of Grand Rapids regarding Clergy on Patrol program with the GRPD

0August 31, 2021Class Warfare: Latest data on CEO to Worker pay ratio in Michigan

0August 30, 2021Kent County: A great place to start a business and raise your family…..if you’re white

0August 29, 2021West Michigan Foundation Watch: Jerry & Marcia Tubergen Foundation – Practicing the politics of White Saviorism

0August 26, 2021Update on Grand Rapids Participatory Budgeting Project: Will marginalized voices really be at the table?

0August 25, 2021Deconstructing the argument against Critical Race Theory from a DeVos operative and President of the Michigan Freedom Fund, Greg McNeilly

0August 25, 2021Grand Rapids participates in the 1963 March on Washington: Media Coverage and White Paternalism