Media Cyphers Kalamazoo

We look at how the Trump administration's executive orders on DEI are effecting area hospitals, a story out of Detroit about some crucial organizing from Detroit Will Breathe, and how schools around the country are responding to ICE activity.

 

In a bad week for fascists Jair Bolsonaro will be looking at serious jail time for his attempted coup and we talk about the legacy of Charlie Kirk and the media reaction to his killing.

 

02:40- 16:30 DEI at Kalamazoo Hospitals

 

17:10- 25:00 Detroit Will Breathe Organizes Community Discussion

 

25:35- 34:35 How Schools Are Responding to ICE

 

34:40- 43:35 Lock Him Up: Bolsonaro Gets Jail Time for Coup Plot

 

44:10- 1:22:40 I Guess I'm Going to Get Fired- Telling the Truth About Charlie Kirk

 

1:22:45- 1:25:30 A Brief Update on the Death Toll in Gaza

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

DEI policies in triage
https://nowkalamazoo.org/2025/09/dei-policies-in-triage/

 

Dynamic Panel in Detroit Discusses Rising Authoritarianism
https://www.leftvoice.org/dynamic-panel-in-detroit-discusses-rising-authoritarianism/

 

This Back-to-School Season, Teachers and Parents Are Fighting Back Against ICE
https://truthout.org/articles/this-back-to-school-season-teachers-and-parents-are-fighting-back-against-ice

 

Bolsonaro’s Conviction for Coup Plot Is a Blow to the Global Far Right
https://truthout.org/articles/bolsonaros-conviction-for-coup-plot-is-a-blow-to-the-global-far-right/

 

Michigan politicians say they face growing threats after Charlie Kirk shooting 
https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-politicians-say-they-face-growing-threats-after-charlie-kirk-shooting

 

Charlie Kirk in His Own Words
https://zeteo.com/p/charlie-kirk-in-his-own-words

 

Charlie Kirk DID say stoning gay people was the 'perfect law' — and these other heinous quotes 
https://www.advocate.com/politics/charlie-kirk-anti-lgbtq-quotes#rebelltitem2

 

Office Depot in Portage fires employee over refusal to print Charlie Kirk vigil poster
https://wwmt.com/news/local/office-depot-charlie-kirk-poster-refuse-print-manager-employee-fired-portage-michigan-kalamazoo-response-backlash

 

Trump Promotes A “Charlie Kirk Act” To Establish A Ministry Of Truth
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/trump-promotes-a-charlie-kirk-act

 

Politically Motivated Violence Is Rare in the United States 
(Data from a Right Leaning Think-Tank Showing Political Violence Disproportionately comes from the Right)
https://www.cato.org/blog/politically-motivated-violence-rare-united-states

 

Gaza’s Hidden Toll: New Estimates Suggest a Death Count Ten Times Higher Than Reported
https://www.archyde.com/gaza-deaths-un-report-estimates-680k-10x-hamas-count/

 

We start our show looking at an article from the Gazette on the residents of the Milwood Estates Mobile Home Park- the park and living conditions are deteriorating as the park owner's neglect make things go from bad to worse.

 

We look at an article from Bridge Michigan looking at the fallout of the Trump administration's policies in the form of plummeting international student enrollment.

 

We talk about the ICE detention facility in Baldwin, Michigan, protests against it, and how austerity and poverty make people look the other way and accept a "fascist jobs program."

 

Trans rights are under assault in Michigan in the form of a bathroom bill targeting trans youth, and leaks from the DOJ show them brainstorming on how to exploit a recent mass shooting to strip trans people of their gun rights.

 

We also look at Trump's belligerent threats against our Windy City neighbors to the west.

 

NOTE: Our closing segment on Gaza updates was not recorded- links to the articles cited can be found in our show notes.

 

02:00- 15:00 Milwood Trailer Park Residents Demand Better Living Conditions

 

15:55- 29:30 Michigan Universities Losing International Students Under Trump Admin

 

30:30- 43:40 ICE Detention Center in Baldwin, MI

 

44:40- 1:00:40 Trans Rights: Michigan Bathrooms and The Right to Bear Arms

 

01:01:30- 01:15:30 Trump, Chicago, and an Empire in Decay

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

‘You can’t live like this’: Decay, rodents plague Kalamazoo trailer park
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2025/09/you-cant-live-like-this-decay-rodents-plague-kalamazoo-trailer-park.html

 

Mobile Home Mobilization
https://inthesetimes.com/article/mobile-home-cooperative-village-vermont-westbury-colchester-collective

 

Michigan may lose millions as universities see drop in international students 
https://bridgemi.com/talent-education/michigan-may-lose-millions-as-universities-see-drop-in-international-students/

 

Anger, identity, hope: American communities wrestle with immigration detention
https://michiganadvance.com/2025/09/09/anger-identity-hope-american-communities-wrestle-with-immigration-detention/

 

Michigan House passes 'Student Restroom Privacy Act' bill
https://wwmt.com/news/arc/student-restroom-privacy-act-bill-michigan-bathrooms-republicans-pass-sex-gender-transgender-lansing-wwmt

 

Trump’s DOJ Wants to Deprive Trans People of the Right to Self-Defense 
https://theintercept.com/2025/09/05/trans-gun-ban-trump-doj/

 

Donald Trump Is Bringing the Imperial Wars to the Homefront
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/donald-trump-venezuela-chicago-department-war/

 

Gaza Flotilla Activists Blame Israel for Apparent Drone Strike on Aid Vessel in Tunisian Port
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/9/headlines/gaza_flotilla_activists_blame_israel_for_apparent_drone_strike_on_aid_vessel_in_tunisian_port

 

Report from Gaza: Aid Coordinator Describes Disease, Famine as Israel Blows Up Residential Towers
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/8/gaza_genocide

 

We look at a story from the AP about corn yields in Michigan and dig into the connections between climate change,  agriculture, and monopoly capitalism.

 

Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor is ceasing treatment of gender dysphoria in trans youth following pressure from the Trump administration.

 

Lawrence joins us to discuss a recent vote in the DNC on an arms embargo to Israel failing- and we dive into the "why" on them voting against 93% of their own base on the issue.

 

The Trump administration is bringing a nearby coal plant back from the dead despite protestation from locals. We then discuss the administration's recruitment of fascist vigilantes and how working people can resist when the odds are stacked against us.

 

3:30- 13:50 Michigan Corn Yields, Climate Change, and Monopoly Capitalism

 

14:30- 23:10 Michigan Medicine Buckles to Trump's Transphobia

 

25:00- 51:00 DNC vs. D- Why the DNC Goes Against 93% of Their Base on Gaza

 

51:30- 1:01:30 Trump Un-Cancels SWMI's Last Coal Plant

 

1:02:00- 1:14:20 Escalating Fascism and Resistance Through Noncompliance

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Michigan farmers battle climate change in quest for perfect corn 
https://bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/michigan-farmers-battle-climate-change-in-quest-for-perfect-corn

 

‘We thought we had a plan’ Parents of trans youth angry about Michigan Medicine decision
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/08/we-thought-we-had-a-plan-parents-of-trans-youth-angry-about-michigan-medicine-decision.html

 

Trump’s Department of Energy extends operations of last coal-fired power plant in Michigan
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/09/01/tpzx-s01.html

 

“Will Western Powers Take Action?”: Rami Khouri on Scholars Declaring Genocide in Gaza
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/2/rami_khouri

 

New Trump Order Among 'Scariest Things I've Seen in US Politics,' Civil Rights Attorney Says 
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-vigilante-portal

 

On the Power of Small Acts of Noncompliance
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/power-of-small-acts-of-resistance-trump/

 

Tristen Jessup of We the People Action Fund joins us to discuss their organization's efforts to pass ballot initiatives to amend the city charter in Kalamazoo to support a tenant's right to organize and their right to renew their lease.

 

The Fall semester is around the corner so we give some of the new students a Media Cyphers 101.

 

We talk about geological concerns with the safety of the Line 5 pipeline, Trump targeting in-state tuition rates for undocumented students, and the latest news from the genocide in Gaza.

 

Lawrence joins us to touch on several other issues involving the fascist creep of the Trump administration and a new documentary on Collin Kaepernick.

 

0:00- 42:05 Tenants Rights w/ Tristen Jessup

 

43:20- 1:00:50  Media Cyphers 101

 

1:00:55- 1:11:00 Line 5: A Disaster Waiting to Happen

 

1:11:55- 1:23:00 Trump Targeting In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students

 

1:23:45- 1:29:35 IOF "Double Taps" a Hospital in Gaza

 

1:30:45 Quick Hits: Ghislaine Maxwell, Trump's Fascist Creep w/ the National Guard, Collin Kaepernick Documentary

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

We the Tenants Survey
https://secure.everyaction.com/q5BpFgk9VUOR9du3XVGmbA2

 

2024 Holiday Special w/ Tristen on Tenants Advocacy in Lansing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCX6swqnarw

 

Expert says more geological testing must be completed before Line 5 tunnel receives permits
https://michiganadvance.com/2025/08/21/expert-says-more-geological-testing-must-be-completed-before-line-5-tunnel-should-receive-permits/

 

Trump Is on a National Tirade Against In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-on-a-national-tirade-against-in-state-tuition-for-undocumented-students/

 

This Is Not a “Mishap” but a Massacre: Israel Bombs Hospital, Murders Four Journalists
https://www.leftvoice.org/this-is-not-a-mishap-but-a-massacre-israel-bombs-hospital-murders-four-journalists/

 

We open our show talking about how Republicans in Lansing are proposing a bill that would elevate street protests to a misdemeanor punishable with jail time.

 

We look at an article from Truthout that dives into the hype around AI and why the working class should be wary.

 

Lawrence joins us to talk about how WNBA players are fighting for pay equity amidst an upsurge in misogyny amplified by casino capitalists online.

 

We look at how Trump is trying to whitewash the Smithsonian and elevate everyone's favorite right-wing propaganda rag PragerU to miseducate the next generation of students on American history.

 

The US state department is refusing entry to Palestinian children injured by munitions funded by our own tax dollars and we look at an article from Jacobin on how RFK Jr. and the MAHA movement is bad for our health.

 

01:25- 12:00 Michigan Republicans Propose Jail Time for Street Protest

 

12:40- 28:30 Don't Believe the Hype on AI

 

32:20- 43:45 How Casino Capitalism is Amplifying Misogyny Against the WNBA 

 

43:55- 57:50 Capitol Stands Up: Resistance in DC 

 

57:55- 1:07:15 The Miseducation of the United States: PragerU, The Smithsonian, and More

 

1:08:00- 1:13:15 US Gov't Rejects Medical Visas for Injured Kids from Gaza

 

1:13:20- 1:21:20 How the Trump Admin is Making America Sick Again

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Michigan House Republicans propose jail time for unpermitted street protests
https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/08/michigan-house-republicans-propose-jail-time-for-unpermitted-street-protests.html

 

AI Hype Is the Product and Everyone’s Buying It
https://truthout.org/articles/ai-hype-is-the-product-and-everyones-buying-it/

 

“Whitewashing of History”: Harvard Historian on Trump’s Targeting of School Curricula, Smithsonian
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/18/smithsonian_american_history

 

Trump Admin Halts Visas for Gazans as Children Arrive for Medical Care
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-halts-visas-for-gazans-as-children-arrive-for-medical-care/

 

MAHA Is Going to Make America Sicker
https://jacobin.com/2025/08/maha-trump-rfk-jr-pollutants-deregulation

 

We look at an article from Bridge Michigan about how cities around the state are applying a punitive approach to houselessness, and how housing advocates are speaking truth to power on the efficacy of Housing First. We also look at the intersection of austerity, mental health, housing, and authoritarianism.

 

An article from LeftVoice offers some sterling analysis about voters in Detroit and the record low turnout for their recent mayoral primary.

 

Lawrence joins us to talk about foolish right-wing shenanigans coming from Candace Owens and over-the-hill actor Dean Cain. 

 

Lawrence discusses some of his violence intervention work and how they're trying to get funding at the state level in the face of dramatic cuts and we spend time talking about the recent killing of some Al Jazeera journalists and how it ties into Israel's broader war on truth tellers.

 

We close the show talking about Trump's bewildering actions to take over the DC police department and deploy the national guard.

 

01:40- 19:45 Houselessness in Michigan in the Shadow of Trumpism

 

20:55- 29:00 A Left Take on the Detroit Mayoral Primary

 

30:20- 43:25 It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Some Class Traitors!

 

43:30- 51:20 Violence Intervention Funding in Michigan

 

51:20- 1:02:00 Israel Putting Journalists in the Crosshairs

 

1:02:40- 1:16:00 Capital vs. Capitol: Trump Declares War on DC

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Michigan homeless camp crackdowns leave some ‘just trying to survive’ 
https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-homeless-camp-crackdowns-leave-some-just-trying-to-survive/

 

Detroit Mayoral Primary Turnout Shows Mass Disillusionment with Local Government
https://www.leftvoice.org/detroit-mayoral-primary-turnout-shows-mass-disillusionment-with-local-government/

 

Israel Kills Famous Gaza Reporter Anas Al-Sharif in Targeted Strike
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-kills-famous-gaza-reporter-anas-al-sharif-in-targeted-strike/

 

“Slide Towards Fascism”: Khalil Gibran Muhammad on Racist Roots of Trump D.C. Takeover
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/12/khalil_gibran_muhammad

 

Trump’s Takeover: ACLU on Federalizing D.C. Police & Deploying 800 National Guard
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/12/trump_dc_takeover

 

Trump orders police-military takeover of Washington D.C.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/12/guxf-a12.html

 

We begin our show talking about a ballot initiative that would curtail dark money spending in Michigan then discuss how the Big BS Bill is going to put Michigan's budget into a multi-billion dollar shortfall.

 

We look at the Trump administration's recent executive order targeting the houseless and its aim to eschew housing first approaches for the revival of institutionalization. 

 

The people of Gaza are starving at the hands of the Israeli government- one of Michigan's senators voted to continue the carnage while the other skipped town to go on a talk show instead. We look at how Elissa Slotkin is representative of the centrist pivot on Gaza- verbal condemnations but no concrete action.

 

We talk about the normalization of fascism through corporate pandering to the far-right, their platforming on Jubilee, and Nazi dog-whistles coming from the White House.

 

We close the show talking about some celebrity deaths and their legacies.

 

01:10- 17:50 Dark Money Ballot Initiative in Michigan

 

18:40- 26:40 How the Big BS Bill Will Bankrupt Michigan By the Billions

 

26:50- 40:40 Insane in the Trumpbrain- How New EO is Trying to Revive Institutionalization and Weaponize the State Against the Houseless

 

41:00- 59:00 Children in Gaza Starve While Michigan Politicians Pander

 

59:20- 1:09:00 Normalization of Fascism- Jubilee, Jeans, and Nazi Trolling from Steak and Shake to the White House

 

1:09:00- 1:12:30 CUNY and Capitulating to Trump

 

1:14:00- 1:20:00 Don't Meet Your Heroes Brother: Hulk Hogan, Ozzy Osbourne, and the Importance of Avoiding Parasocial Relationships

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Michigan ballot initiative aims to reveal ‘dark money’ donors behind political ads 
https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-ballot-initiative-aims-reveal-dark-money-donors-behind-political-ads/

 

Report: ‘Big, beautiful bill’ will blow $1.1 billion hole in Michigan budget 
https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/report-big-beautiful-bill-will-blow-11-billion-hole-michigan-budget

 

Trump’s Executive Order Criminalizing Houselessness Reveals a Familiar Dystopia
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-executive-order-criminalizing-houselessness-reveals-a-familiar-dystopia

 

A Policy of Starvation in Gaza
https://www.leftvoice.org/a-policy-of-starvation-in-gaza/

 

Amazon Labor Union Leader Chris Smalls Released From Israeli Prison
https://truthout.org/articles/us-activist-chris-smalls-released-from-israeli-prison-after-beating-by-officers

 

Krystal And Saagar GRILL Dem Senator On Epstein, Zohran, Israel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFrEJTFbSTc

 

We open with some good news for folks in Kalamazoo experiencing medical debt. A report from NowKalamazoo recounts an area resident's experience attempting to deliver aid to Gaza and an article from Bridge MI lays out how the Trump administration's cuts will impact our state's climate resiliency hub projects.

 

Norah joins us to talk about cuts to the transit system in Chicago, the transphobia of centrist Democrat Gavin Newsome, and we spend some time focusing on Gaza updates- the mass starvation taking place and how AOC has landed in hot water over her vote on an amendment that would have curtailed funding of Israel's 'Iron Dome.'

 

We talk about the right-wing media meltdown over Epstein, the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and close with some thoughts about a recent Jubilee episode featuring progressive journalist Mehdi Hasan.

 

02:00- 09:00 Medical Debt Relief in Kzoo

 

09:30- 22:00 Kalamazoo Man's Experience on Gaza Freedom Flotilla

 

22:00- 27:15 Kzoo's Climate Resiliency Hubs Hit by Trump Cuts

 

28:45- 36:00 Austerity Hits the CTA in Chi-town

 

36:00- 47:00 Gavin Newsome Throwing Trans Folks Under the Bus

 

47:15- 1:04:40 Gaza Updates- Mass Starvation, AOC & the Iron Dome, and More

 

1:04:50- 1:11:00 Quick Hits from Lawrence- Hip Hop Instant Classics, WNBA and Sports Media

 

1:11:00- 1:31:00 Epstein and the MAGA Media Civil War

 

1:32:00- 1:47:15 A Colbert Report

 

1:47:30- 1:58:45 Mehdi Hasan Decimates Right-Wingers on YouTube Debate Channel

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Kalamazoo County erases $2.5M in medical debt for 7,000 residents
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2025/07/kalamazoo-county-erases-25m-in-medical-debt-for-7000-residents.html

 

‘It was a very precise, clean attack’
https://nowkalamazoo.org/2025/07/it-was-a-very-precise-clean-attack/

 

Future of climate ‘resilience hubs’ uncertain after Trump cuts
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/future-climate-resilience-hubs-uncertain-after-trump-cuts

 

Activists Call On State To Fill Nearly $1 Billion Transit Funding Gap 
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/13/protesters-call-on-state-to-fill-nearly-1-billion-transit-funding-gap-i-dont-know-how-im-going-to-get-around/

 

Newsom’s Bizarre Interview with MAGA Podcaster Platforms Anti-Trans Conspiracies
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/newsoms-bizarre-interview-with-maga

 

Iron Dome Is Not a Defensive System 
https://jewishcurrents.org/iron-dome-is-not-a-defensive-system

 

Epstein's Island and Frankenstein's Monster
https://www.jphilll.com/p/epsteins-island-and-frankensteins

 

“Stunning Reversal”: Trump Stonewalls on Epstein Files After Campaigning on Full Transparency
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/18/epstein_files_trump_asawin_suebsaeng

 

How CBS Decided It Couldn’t Afford to Let Stephen Colbert Speak His Mind
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/stephen-colbert-cbs-paramount-trump/

 

1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives (ft. Mehdi Hasan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-WJN3L5eo

 

"Billionaires gathered in their masses..."

 

NowKalamazoo pens an open letter asking some Michigan press institutions to fact-check their coverage of "alternative facts" coming from the Trump administration.

 

We look at ICE activity in Michigan, the dynamics here in Kalamazoo, and ICE's funding turbocharge via the BBB.

 

We spent some time breaking down the class warfare in the "Big Bulls--t Bill" and the reaction of the establishment to Zohran Mamdani's ascendance in NYC.

 

DTE has been exposed for dropping dark money on some anti-lockdown groups back in 2020 and we close with updates on Gaza.

 

1:45- 4:30 Abdul El-Sayed Town Hall in Kzoo

 

4:35- 12:10 NowKalamazoo Calls Out Some BS in Michigan Journalism

 

12:20- 19:00 No Detention Centers Protest in Baldwin

 

19:20- 26:40 ICE in Detroit

 

29:00- 40:40 Thoughts on ICE, Policing, and the Kzoo Context

 

40:40- 44:00 The Big Bulls--t Bill pt.1

 

44:10- 47:30 You Don't Mess With the Zohran

 

47:50- 55:30 Quick Hits from Lawrence

 

55:30- 1:24:30 The Big Bulls--t Bill pt.2

 

1:25:15- 1:32:30 DTE Outed For Dumping Dark $ Into COVID Anti-Lockdown Group

 

1:32:30- 1:37:40 Gaza Updates- Ceasefire??? IDF Gets Hit Back and More

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Join Abdul El-Sayed this Wednesday, July 9 at 6:00 pm at Shakespeare's Pub for a Town Hall. 
https://abdulforsenate.com/events/kalamazoo-town-hall-july-9-2025/

 

An open letter to John Hiner, Nicole Avery Nichols, and Gary Miles
https://nowkalamazoo.org/2025/06/an-open-letter-to-john-hiner-nichole-avery-nichols-and-gary-miles/

 

No Detention Centers in Michigan holds protest at the GEO Group ICE Detention facility in Baldwin on the 4th of July
https://griid.org/2025/07/05/no-detention-centers-in-michigan-holds-protest-at-the-geo-group-ice-detention-facility-in-baldwin-on-the-4th-of-july

 

ICE Agents Raid Detroit Home with Help From Detroit Police and Other Agencies
https://www.leftvoice.org/ice-agents-raid-detroit-home-with-help-from-detroit-police-and-other-agencies

 

Trump gets his 'big, beautiful bill.' What it means for Michigan
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/trump-gets-his-big-beautiful-bill-what-it-means-michigan

 

Michigan utility aided sabotage of Covid lockdown policies, documents reveal
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/07/michigan-covid-lockdown-dte-energy

 

Gaza Resistance Ambushes Israeli Forces in Beit Hanoun: This Is What We Know So Far 
https://qudsnen.co/gaza-resistance-ambushes-israeli-forces-in-beit-hanoun-this-is-what-we-know-so-far

 

In this sprawling episode Lawrence joins in to talk about the Lyoya civil trial being moved to Kalamazoo and a sad post-script to an attempt by local organizations to create a houseless pod community in the city.

 

We talk about recent instances of "MAGA terrorism" and how an attempt to hold road funding hostage by the Trump administration was blocked by a judge.

 

We look at insurgent DSA candidate Zohran Mamdani in NYC, was the mainstream media coverage says about his candidacy, and the moral bankruptcy of a centrism pushing a figure like Andrew Cuomo.

 

We talk about the recent U.S. bombing in Iran, US complicity in the food massacres taking place in Gaza, and an update on Mahmoud Khalil.

 

02:10- 26:00 Patrick Lyoya Civil Case to be in Kzoo

 

26:10- 34:38 Kzoo Housing Pods Go Up for Auction

 

34:45- 49:25 MAGA Terrorism

 

49:25- 57:25 Judge Block Trump Admin from Holding Road Funding Hostage

 

57:30- 1:06:50 NYC Mayoral Race

 

1:06:55- 1:30:10 Iran

 

1:30:10- 1:38:40 Food Aid Massacres in Gaza and US Complicity

 

1:38:45- 1:47:00 Mahmoud Khalil is Free

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Civil trial against former GRPD officer Christopher Schurr to take place in Kalamazoo
https://wwmt.com/news/local/civil-trial-grand-rapids-officer-christopher-schurr-take-place-kalamazoo-patrick-lyoya-shooting-death

 

Study Finds Racial Profiling By Kalamazoo Police
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/study-finds-racial-profiling-by-kalamazoo-police/

 

Kalamazoo's housing pods up for auction months after housing project is scrapped
https://wwmt.com/news/local/kalamazoo-housing-pods-auction-project-scrapped-west-michigan-homeless-buy-sale

 

Judge blocks Trump admin from withholding road funding over immigration
https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/06/judge-blocks-trump-admin-from-withholding-road-funding-over-immigration.html

 

US War on Iran Is Not About Nuclear Threats. It’s About US Power and Domination.
https://truthout.org/articles/us-war-on-iran-is-not-about-nuclear-threats-its-about-us-power-and-domination/

 

U.S. Mercenaries Are Helping the IDF Murder Starving People in Gaza
https://www.leftvoice.org/u-s-mercenaries-are-helping-the-idf-murder-starving-people-in-gaza/

 

Mahmoud Khalil Is Free: Follow His Journey from ICE Jail to Newark Airport to Gates of Columbia University
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/23/mahmoud_khalil_free