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On Tuesday, about 75 people held a picket out in front of the Lansing Center, just east of downtown Lansing, where people were attending a conference hosted by the Michigan State Housing Developm...

https://griid.org/2024/05/14/picket-for-renters-rights-in-lansing-confronts-the-mshda-hosted-conference-attendees-and-their-failure-to-center-housing-justice/

On Sunday, MLive posted an article entitled, Will housing near new Grand Rapids amphitheater, soccer stadium be affordable? The headline should have read, “None of the 735 new apartments that w...

https://griid.org/2024/05/13/we-dont-want-you-why-the-housing-projects-attached-to-the-amphitheater-and-the-soccer-stadium-will-exclude-working-class-and-poor-people-from-living-in-those-apartments/

As a first term Representative of the 3rd Congressional District, Hillary Scholten has mad it clear from the beginning her time in Congress that she has a deep commitment to Israel. In 2023, Rep....

https://griid.org/2024/05/13/rep-hillary-scholten-has-the-blood-of-palestinians-on-her-hands/

The Grand Rapids-based think tank, the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, continues its assault on people who stand in solidarity with Palestinians.  In a post from last week...

https://griid.org/2024/05/12/the-acton-institute-thinks-fraternity-bros-are-a-fabulous-counter-to-the-palestine-solidarity-university-encampments/

It has been 7 months since the Israeli government began their most recent assault on Gaza and the West Bank. The retaliation for the October 7 Hamas attack in Israel, has escalated to what the in...

https://griid.org/2024/05/11/palestine-solidarity-information-analysis-local-actions-and-events-for-the-week-of-may-12th/

The Foundation To Combat Antisemitism was founded by Robert Craft, a billionaire who is best know as the owned of the New England Patriots NFL football team.  Using is vast amounts of money, Kra...

https://griid.org/2024/05/09/foundation-to-combat-antisemitism-video-makes-false-claims-and-promotes-their-own-brand-of-hate/

Last week, the local news ran several stories regarding the August Primary Election Ballot Initiative that will ask voters to support a hotel tax.  After a majority of the Kent County Commission...

https://griid.org/2024/05/08/who-is-behind-the-hotel-tax-ballot-initiative-and-what-does-it-really-mean/

Last week I reported on Rep. Hillary Scholten’s vote to censor and punish campus protests that are happening across the country, with her claims that students were engaging in antisemitism. Sin...

https://griid.org/2024/05/07/rep-scholten-continues-to-vote-in-support-of-genocide-censorship-and-to-suppress-international-solidarity/

In Part I of this two part series, I looked at how the local commercial news media reported on the sunsetting of the Richard & Helen DeVos Foundation. I concluded that the local news was rather s...

https://griid.org/2024/05/07/the-end-of-the-richard-helen-devos-foundation-part-ii-manipulating-social-and-economic-outcomes-in-west-michigan-and-beyond/

Last week, if you consumed any of the daily local commercial news media, it would have been near impossible for anyone to not come across the announcement from the DeVos family. The announcement ...

https://griid.org/2024/05/06/the-end-of-the-richard-helen-devos-foundation-part-i-the-news-medias-subservience/