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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

1December 4, 2025Minister, socialist and Presidential Candidate Norman Thomas gave a lecture at Fountain Street Church in 1965

2December 3, 2025Accompanying an immigrant to court: Fear and loathing in West MI

0December 2, 2025Crain’s Grand Rapids Business story on AmplifyGR omits critical information on the organization’s early years as a creation of the DeVos family

0December 1, 2025Making sense of the idea to defend the Constitution and refusing orders through a historical lens

2December 1, 2025GRIID Class: History of US foreign policy since WWII

1November 30, 2025Deconstructing memes: Is the US Constitution the handbook for anti-fascist resistance?

1November 28, 20259 years ago the GRPS Superintendent was praising Betsy DeVos: What is she up to now?

0November 25, 2025History of US Immigration policy sessions at Fountain Street Church: Part IV

0November 24, 2025Monitoring the Rich and Powerful in Grand Rapids – Segment #7: DeVos on DeVos, downtown development projects and GR Chamber bedfellows

1November 23, 2025What ICE terrorism looks like in Grand Rapids and how we can respond to it