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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

0March 4, 2019Sorry to inconvenience you: Disruption, tactics and the power of Direct Action in Grand Rapids

11March 3, 2019Betsy DeVos Watch: Newly announced Education Freedom Scholarships has been part of the Betsy DeVos Agenda for the past 20 years

2March 3, 2019Kent County’s ICE Hold Policy, the White House and the Sheriff Department’s quick dismissal of any Sanctuary claims

9March 1, 2019Grand Rapids Police Union goes on the defensive, attempts to present City officials as cowering to immigration protestors

3February 28, 2019Unfunded liabilities, austerity measures and neo-liberal economic plans: What the West Michigan Policy Forum wants to do to public sector employees

19February 27, 2019Community groups confront GR City Commission over GRPD’s role in ICE violence, call for cop to be fired!

1February 25, 2019From food insecurity to food justice: An uncomfortable conversation for ending hunger and poverty in West Michigan

2February 24, 20199 of the top 30 political donors in the state are from West MI, but the DeVos family is number one on the list

1February 23, 2019Local News Coverage of the Press Conference held Friday on recent ICE arrest and detention of Brandon Reyes

0February 21, 2019Will Capitalism Save communities of color? Start Garden and the deception of wealth creation