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Posts from the ‘Dissecting the Local News’ Category

0June 19, 2022Michigan Poverty Task Force report recommendations: Mild reforms that fail to address root causes of poverty and other systems of oppression

5June 5, 2022DeVos-led Amphitheater Project will likely receive $30 Million in State public money, with no public input

1May 26, 2022Is the family of Patrick Lyoya being used for political purposes again?

9May 23, 2022MLive article on Officer Christopher Schurr normalizes White Supremacy and White Saviorism

0May 23, 2022Protestors disrupt 1997 re-dedication of the Ford Museum in Grand Rapids

1May 19, 2022Food Charity vs Food Justice: Meijer Corporation continues to deceive the public with their so-called charitable contributions

4May 17, 2022Perpetuating biased narratives about the murder of Patrick Lyoya and centering the voices of City Officials: Local Commercial News Coverage of graffiti at City Commissioner homes

1May 11, 2022While Grand Rapids City Commission meeting is shut down again, local commercial news media fail to center the demands of those who are protesting the GRPD killing of Patrick Lyoya

8May 5, 2022Half of the GRPD FOIA documents are redacted, others reveal that the police viewed Patrick Lyoya as dangerous even after he was shot

0May 3, 2022Despite the local news headlines, the GRPD will NOT be reducing the number of cops in the proposed 2023 City Budget