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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

0June 23, 2020Why we can’t go back to the way things were in Grand Rapids: Part IV – Climate Justice, Environmentalism and White Supremacy

0June 22, 2020The Grand Rapids-based Acton Institute has essentially declared war on the Movement for Black Lives

0June 21, 2020What we can learn from the 1967 riot/uprising in Grand Rapids and how it compares to what is happening in 2020

0June 19, 2020The Billionaire class continues to profit during the COVID-19 pandemic, like Hank & Doug Meijer

1June 18, 2020Grand Rapids Police Officers Association releases statement against the calls for Defunding the GRPD

0June 18, 2020State Representative Lynn Afendoulis is crafting legislation that would classify rioting as Social and Domestic Terrorism

1June 17, 2020Acton Institute says looting hurts the poor, but fails to cite one single person who is actually poor in their argument

0June 17, 2020How did a third of the City’s Budget get designated to the GRPD: The Safety 95 Campaign and White fear in Grand Rapids

0June 16, 2020New Toolkit on Defunding the Police from the Movement for Black Lives

1June 15, 2020What would it look like to have life without the GRPD in Grand Rapids?