According to an email from the local YWCA, the City of Grand Rapids may cut around $41,000 that it has provided annually to the YWCA's domestic violence emergency shelter. The YWCA reports that there were 3,644 reported victims of...
On Wednesday, the Grand Rapids Press ran an article titled "Fluoride pioneer Grand Rapids rethinks safety of putting chemical in water." According to the article, Grand Rapids--which became the first city in the United States to add fluoride to its...
The following articles of interest were published elsewhere on the web today: Mccain, Obama And Clinton Silent On Iraq ExitCategories: iraq mccain obama hillaryclinton elections2008 The "Surge" of Iraqi PrisonersCategories: iraq U.S. Media Trivializes Campaign 2008Categories: media elections2008 The global...
Headlines from Democracynow.org, a daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 650 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US. Note: Amy Goodman, the host of Democracy Now!, will be...
Amy Goodman Fundraiser - May 10 This Saturday, Mediamouse.org is holding a fundraiser featuring a lecture by Amy Goodman, the host of the television/radio program Democracy Now!. Goodman is on tour celebrating the release of her new book "Standing Up...
Racial disparities in infant mortality are growing in Michigan according to a new study by the Michigan League for Human Services: "Right Start in Michigan - 2008: Targeting Disparity in Infant Mortality found that while infant mortality rates dropped from...
The Midwest Coalition for Human Rights--a network of forty-four organization in the Midwest--has produced a new video that looks at immigrant detention and the realities of the United States government effort to criminalize undocumented immigrants. Not surprisingly, the reality is...
On May 20, Mediamouse.org and The Bloom Collective are co-sponsoring a screening of the film "We Interrupt This Empire." The film explores how antiwar protestors shutdown the financial district in San Francisco following the us invasion of Iraq. The film...
While updating the Progressive Directory of Western Michigan yesterday, we came across an exciting new organization called GR Feminists. As a small gesture of solidarity and recognition of the importance of challenging patriarchy, we are reprinting their manifesta: Grand...
Headlines from Democracynow.org, a daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 650 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US. Note: Amy Goodman, the host of Democracy Now!, will be...
Over the past month, Mediamouse.org has been hard at work updating and revising the Progressive Directory of Western Michigan and are excited to be re-launching it. The Directory now contains over 100 groups doing progressive and left organizing in Grand Rapids.
United for Peace and Justice, one of the largest antiwar groups in the United States, has issued an alert calling on its membership and opponents of the US occupation of Iraq to call their congressperson to oppose a new Iraq...
Headlines from Democracynow.org, a daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 650 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US. Note: Amy Goodman, the host of Democracy Now!, will be...
On May Day, the Grand Rapids branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) held a press conference about its ongoing organizing effort at Starbucks.
Mediamouse.org is reprinting this announcement from the Friends of Marie Mason group on how you can support alleged arsonist Marie Mason who is being charged for for an Earth Liberation Front (ELF) arson at Michigan State University (MSU). Mason's arrest...
Headlines from Democracynow.org, a daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 650 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US. Note: Amy Goodman, the host of Democracy Now!, will be...
On Saturday, Grand Rapids area Congressman Vern Ehlers hosted his annual "town hall meeting." As has been the case in previous years, he largely avoided giving specific answers to questions and offered a very limited opportunity for interaction with his constituents.
There has been much written about what is termed the religious right in the United States in recent years, with a particular emphasis on its relationship to the Republican Party. Beginning in the 1980s with the excellent analysis of sociologist...
There is an election for the Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS) Board of Education tomorrow. In the election, voters will choose there new members for the school board. Three candidates endorsed by the Grand Rapids Education Association (GREA) recently appeared...
The following articles of interest were published elsewhere on the web today: Geologist testifies in Lansing about sulfide miningCategories: mining environment lansing michigan Hearing begins on permits for Kennecott mine project in Marquette CountyCategories: mining environment michigan Outsiders try to...
Here is the latest "IGE Talks," a monthly cable access show hosted by the Institute for Global Education (IGE) and aired on Grand Rapids' public access television. As part of our ongoing efforts to support independent and do-it-yourself media here...
Headlines from Democracynow.org, a daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 650 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US. Note: Amy Goodman, the host of Democracy Now!, will be...
Mediamouse.org is reprinting this article by Stephen Lendman because it offers important background information and analysis on the targeting of environmental activists in the United States. This is of particular importance with the recent indictments of four individuals for an Earth Liberation Front (ELF) arson at Michigan State University.
Headlines from Democracynow.org, a daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 650 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US. Note: Amy Goodman, the host of Democracy Now!, will be...
Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming explores the efforts of the Bush administration--or at least its political appointees--to silence scientists studying global warming. The book focuses primarily on the work...
On Thursday, April 24, auto workers on strike at American Axle rallied in Detroit outside a shareholders meeting of the company where Richard Dauch, CEO, reiterated company demands for pay cuts amounting to more than half the workers wages and...
Sometimes you do things that you know will be painful, but you do them anyway. This was the case for me on April 16 when I went to a luncheon presentation hosted by the Ad Club of West Michigan. The...
If you were able to create a list of books that you think US policy makers, military planners, and even combat soldiers who are in or will be deployed to Iraq should read, Muqtada should be on that list. Not...
In order to spark some interest in the Amy Goodman fundraiser for Mediamouse.org that is happening on May 10, here is a video of Amy Goodman's last lecture in Grand Rapids: Also, as a reminder, Amy Goodman will be speaking...
The local antiwar group ACTIVATE (Grand Rapids SDS) has released a statement explaining why they are focusing much of their work over the summer on the protests against the 2008 Republican National Convention (RNC).
A new group called Unconventional Michigan has formed to organize resistance to the Democratic National Convention (DNC) and Republican National Convention (RNC). The group is currently doing presentations about the planned protests and hopes to mobilize people from Michigan to attend the protests.
The following articles of interest were published elsewhere on the web today: The Security And Prosperity Partnership Agreement: Nafta Plus Homeland SecurityCategories: nafta globalization The Myths and Harsh Effects of Bush's Economic Class WarCategories: economics class bush wealth poverty Making...
Headlines from Democracynow.org, a daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 650 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US. Note: Amy Goodman, the host of Democracy Now!, will be...
Earlier this week, Kyle Bristow--former chair and current member of Michigan State University's Young Americans for Freedom--cited seven alleged errors in Mediamouse.org's reporting on his involvement in a talk by the Canadian neo-Nazi Paul Fromm.
Headlines from Democracynow.org, a daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 650 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US. Note: Amy Goodman, the host of Democracy Now!, will be...
