Housing Funds Deadlocked in Kzoo, DNC 2024, and More

We open with a story about how grant funds from the American Rescue Plan to address houselessness in Kalamazoo are getting hamstrung by budgetary concerns. We talk about how decisions and political economy at the city, state, and national level exacerbate the housing crisis in Kzoo.

Portage's own right-wing weirdo Matt DePerno is running for the Michigan Supreme Court.

We spend the rest of the hour covering the DNC- from how people in Michigan are organizing protests to some critical history about how movements for social justice can and have spoken truth to power at the DNC now and in the past.

 

2:00- 13:35 ARPA grant funds and Kalamazoo's Housing Crisis

 

13:50- 21:35 Matt DePerno, far-right weirdo, runs for Michigan Supreme Court

 

24:00- 31:00 Kamala Harris Met with Mayor of Dearborn

 

31:10- 37:10 Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids Goes to Chicago

 

38:30- 55:00 Historical Lessons from the 1964 DNC

 

55:20- 1:00:40 Police Presence Amps in Chicago with DNC

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

Kalamazoo approves $1.2M ARPA grant for homelessness, faces MSHDA delays
https://wwmt.com/news/local/city-commissioners-approve-1m-grant-address-kalamazoos-growing-homeless-crisis-arpa-president-biden-monica-best-super8-substandard-housing-oshtemo-sharilyn-parsons-development#

 

DePerno, a 2020 election denier, seeks GOP nod for Michigan Supreme Court
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/deperno-2020-election-denier-seeks-gop-nod-michigan-supreme-court

 

Kamala Harris met with Dearborn mayor amid anti-war push by 'uncommitted'
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/kamala-harris-met-dearborn-mayor-amid-anti-war-push-uncommitted

 

West Michigan Palestinian advocacy groups travel to Democratic National Convention
https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/michigan-based-palestinian-advocacy-groups-march-on-dnc/69-844e7e96-d4c4-4a9b-a3fa-cfbc4ac17e8c?

 

“Incomprehensible”: U.S. Approves $20 Billion in New Arms for Israel as Gaza Death Toll Tops 40,000
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/8/15/gaza_death_toll_israel_us_weapons

 

As DNC Kicks Off, Palestine Solidarity Activists Look to 1964 for Inspiration
https://truthout.org/articles/as-dnc-kicks-off-palestine-solidarity-activists-look-to-1964-for-inspiration/

 

DNC Swarms With Police as Activists March for Palestine, Reproductive Rights
https://truthout.org/articles/dnc-swarms-with-police-as-activists-march-for-palestine-reproductive-rights/

 

"And Now They Want Our Votes"
Eman Abdelhadi’s speech from the “Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws” demonstration on Aug. 18 in Chicago.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/harris-votes-abdelhadi-dnc