politics
Meet Marshall Kilgore: Grand Rapids' first Gen Z and LGBTQ+ city commissioner
by (Cristina Stob)
Submitted 12-19-2024 under LOCAL LIFE
Updated, 12/19/2024, 6:50 p.m., with correct details regarding Kilgore's listening tour Upon walking into Last Mile Cafe, the commissioner-elect's neighborhood coffee shop, Marshall Kilgore greets the barista by name. It was clear from the...
Grand Rapids transit workers win wage increases and new benefits in deal with The Rapid
by (Justin Mills)
Submitted 09-05-2024 under NEWS
After months of negotiation, The Rapid’s Board of Directors has reached a collective bargaining agreement with the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 836, representing Grand Rapids transit workers, that includes paid time off and wage...
Ethics and Religion Talk: How do politics in other countries affect your faith?
by (Rabbi David J.B...)
Submitted 04-22-2024 under OPINION
Some faiths tend to maintain ties to countries outside the U.S. Even some Christian communities have a majority of first-generation immigrants. I'm curious if the clergy on the panel ever have to navigate the waters of political division in...
Trump visits Grand Rapids touting anti-immigration rhetoric, protesters say he is 'weaponizing tragedy'
by (allisondonahue)
Submitted 04-02-2024 under NEWS
Conflicting voices clashed at the intersection of Lyon Street and Monroe Avenue Tuesday afternoon in anticipation and tension surrounding former President Donald Trump's scheduled appearance at DeVos Place Convention Center. Proponents of Trump...
Ethics and Religion Talk: Should Judges be Involved in Local or National Politics?
by (Rabbi David J.B...)
Submitted 05-30-2023 under OPINION
Fred Stella, the Pracharak (Outreach Minister) for the West Michigan Hindu Temple, responds: We are experiencing a significant moment in our history now. Before now, many of the electorate seemed to be quite uninterested in who warmed the many...
Community Updates: Friday, January 6
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 01-06-2023 under NEWS
New and Incumbent Kent County Commissioners Take Oaths of Office on Tuesday Kent County has announced that, at its meeting on January 3, twenty-one County Commissioners (eight new members and thirteen incumbents) officially took their...
Ethics and Religion Talk: The Morality of Politics
by (Rabbi David J.B...)
Submitted 05-25-2020 under OPINION
The Reverend Colleen Squires, minister at All Souls Community Church of West Michigan, a Unitarian Universalist Congregation, responds: "Yes, I believe the ideology that expresses the most compassion for others takes the moral high ground...
Ethics and Religion Talk: How to Handle Difficult Political Conversations
by (Rabbi David J.B...)
Submitted 10-16-2019 under OPINION
The Reverend Colleen Squires, minister at All Souls Community Church of West Michigan, a Unitarian Universalist Congregation, responds: Personally I think the best way to go about these conversations is to start by articulating your faith...
Ethics and Religion Talk: Money and Politics
by (Rabbi David J.B...)
Submitted 10-02-2019 under OPINION
Fred Stella, the Pracharak (Outreach Minister) for the West Michigan Hindu Temple, responds: “What has been come to be known as the caste system in Hinduism has influenced much of the rest of the world to take a dim view of the religion. One...
The election is over, now what?
by (Urban Core Coll...)
Submitted 12-02-2018 under NONPROFITS
This year brought a lot of excitement as people debated and voted in (and out) a new class of elected representatives. We saw large voter turnout across the nation and many first time voters: 18-year olds, new U.S. citizens and those who felt...