Media Mouse: Grand Rapids News & Independent Media

The Minnesota Independent--an independent online news source in the Twin Cities--is reporting that anti-RNC graffiti is beginning to appear in the Twin Cities. Here are some photos:

On Sunday, the Grand Rapids Press featured a story in its business section on a conference in Grand Rapids this weekend. The conference--which is called Great Lakes Green 2008 and promotes "Green Cons...

This Thursday, August 21, the Bloom Collective--a local lending library and infoshop here in Grand Rapids--is hosting a screening of the documentary Burning the Future: Coal in America. This new film,...

In Afghanistan, ten French soldiers have died after clashes with the Taliban near Kabul. It was the deadliest incident for French troops since 1983. France has 3,000 troops in Afghanistan. Prior to to...

The upcoming protests against the Republican National Convention (RNC) in the Twin Cities are well-organized and differ from what has been done at recent political conventions in many important ways. ...

From August 25 to September 4, a crew from Mediamouse.org will be in the Twin Cities (St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota) to cover the protests against the Republican National Convention (RNC). Begin...

On Sunday, the Grand Rapids Press ran a story on page 3 from the Associated Press about the August 16 forum hosted by Rev. Rick Warren, pastor of the mega-church Saddleback. The evangelical minister i...

Most of the US media coverage from Beijing has centered on the historic achievement of US swimmer Michael Phelps and the attempt by the men's USA basketball team to reclaim glory. Every time viewers w...

Inspired by Democracy Now! anchor Amy Goodman's May 10 lecture at Plymouth Congregational church, community members presented petitions with more than 500 signatures to the May 20 board meeting of the...

The Bloom Collective--a lending library and infoshop located at 1134 Wealthy St SE in Grand Rapids--has a title called Jews and American Comics. The book traces the history of comic books and comic st...

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation today in order to avoid charges of impeachment that were to be leveled against him later this week. General Musharraf has ruled Pakistan ...

The following articles of interest were published elsewhere on the web today:

• Detroit Free Press publishes astroturf anti-green Op-Ed from 'fraudulent' groupCategories: media environment c...