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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/

Within the past 48 hours, the City of Grand Rapids has announced how they are going to use public tax dollars, both in the proposed 2025 City budget and the massive subsidies and tax breaks for d...

https://griid.org/2024/04/24/look-at-how-grand-rapids-prioritizing-public-money-more-cops-and-entertainment-venues/

Last Thursday was the 2nd anniversary of the murder of Patrick Lyoya at the hands of the GRPD. April 4th, 2002, the GRPD had Lyoya pulled over after they ran his plates. The GRPD cop who confront...

https://griid.org/2024/04/08/local-commercial-news-coverage-of-the-2nd-anniversary-of-patrick-lyoyas-murder-and-the-organized-events-by-grassroots-activists-is-superficial-at-best/

The housing market in West Michigan has been unaffordable for more than a decade now, and it keeps getting worse. Last week, WZZM 13 ran two stories which reflect the unjust and inhumane nature o...

https://griid.org/2024/04/07/testimony-from-local-tenants-on-increased-rental-costs-are-infuriating-but-wzzm-13-misses-the-fact-that-the-current-housing-crisis-is-systemic-and-not-limited-to-a-few-stories/

Within the last week there has been a great deal of hysteria over the murder of Ruby Garcia, a young woman who was murdered by a man who was in a relationship with the victim. The death of Ruby G...

https://griid.org/2024/04/01/anti-immigration-hysteria-in-kent-county-part-ii/

Within the last week there has been a great deal of hysteria over the murder of Ruby Garcia, a young woman who was murdered by a man who was in a relationship with the victim. The death of Ruby G...

https://griid.org/2024/03/31/anti-immigration-hysteria-in-kent-county-part-i/

On Tuesday, both MLive and Crain’s Grand Rapids posted stories about the additional development projects associated with the downtown Amphitheater and the Soccer Stadium. Grand Action 2.0, the ...

https://griid.org/2024/03/26/grand-action-2-0-is-now-pitching-apartment-high-rises-to-be-adjacent-to-the-amphitheater-and-soccer-stadium-with-lots-of-tax-incentives-for-struggling-developers/

Last week, on the fourth anniversary of the police murder of Breonna Taylor, Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom used the day to exploit the memory of Breonna and those fighting to expose and...

https://griid.org/2024/03/18/grpd-chief-winstrom-exploits-the-memory-of-breonna-taylor-while-his-department-continues-to-harass-monitor-and-repress-activists-challenging-policing-in-grand-rapids/

On Monday, WZZM 13 ran a story about the economic impact of ArtPrize for West Michigan in 2023. The story is based up a study conducted by Grand Valley State University, specifically the Seidman ...

https://griid.org/2024/02/28/who-profited-from-artprize-2023/

When the most powerful family in West Michigan wants something, they usually get it. On September 1st of 2022, MiBiz – now Crain’s Grand Rapids – first reported that Grand Action 2.0 began ...

https://griid.org/2024/02/26/once-the-devos-family-bought-the-big-boy-property-downtown-we-should-have-known-then-where-the-soccer-stadium-would-go/