Opinion

Eating local: when better isn't enough

Submitted 11-21-2011 under OPINION

Many consumers are misled by terms and certifications such as organic, local, free-range, and grass-fed making the food market difficult to navigate. Jill Johnson of Crane Dance Farm encourages consumers to ask the right questions to identify the food you thought you were buying.

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Learning to live life while celebrating death: Día de los Muertos at the GRPL

Submitted 11-18-2011 under OPINION

Celebrating life and death at the Día de los Muertos event at the Grand Rapids Public Library.

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GRAM Arts Symposium: Blind spots in "the Michigan perspective"

Submitted 11-18-2011 under OPINION

This past weekend, the Grand Rapids Art Museum brought together artists, scholars, and community leaders to collaboratively define "The Michigan Perspective." A tall order indeed. It appears that several things need to happen before we can clarify this distinct creative viewpoint.

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Until Love (and Money) is Equal

Submitted 11-14-2011 under OPINION

Economic concerns regarding the perpetuation of discrimination in Holland, Michigan and a call for support for Until Love is Equal.

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Occupy GR to hold demonstration against Condoleezza Rice

Submitted 11-14-2011 under OPINION

The Kent GOP will host Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for the 124th Annual Lincoln Dinner on Wednesday. Occupy GR has planned a demonstration to protest the key roles that Secretary Rice held in the Bush Administration’s action leading into the Iraq war.

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