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Posts from the ‘Dissecting the Local News’ Category

0July 13, 2018Missionaries, the News Media and Normalizing White Saviorism in West Michigan

0June 6, 2018Normalizing White Supremacy: How the Grand Rapids news media reported on air pollution report

0May 30, 2018Grand Rapids City Budget: Omissions, lack of vision and the possibility of Participatory Budgeting

0May 22, 2018The War on Drugs is alive and well in Kent County, after commissioners unanimously approve new anti-marijuana vehicle for drug search warrant raids

1May 8, 2018MLive, a pro-policing narrative and the lack of radical imagination

0April 23, 2018MLive, Experts and what would be good for Michigan

0April 6, 201850th Anniversary of Dr. King’s Assassination: The Acton Institute’ uses and abuses of Dr. King Part III

2April 2, 2018GRPD’s Youth Interaction Policy provides no real evidence that they will not continue to hold youth at gunpoint in the future

2March 23, 2018Another “West Michigan Nice” response: GR Police Chief says we need more cops on anniversary of black youth who were held at gunpoint by the GRPD

7March 9, 2018Financial Documents used to entice Amazon to come to Grand Rapids finally released, but 103 pages still missing