Feeling powerless or uninspired? Can one person make tremendous impact on the world? Why you should get a copy of this truth-telling and hopeful book
PuLSE Editor-in-Chief Bankole Thompson Joins CNN Panel to Discuss Historic Pick of Kamala Harris As VP Candidate
Bankole Thompson, the Executive Dean and Editor-in-Chief of The PuLSE Institute, and a twice-a-week opinion columnist at The Detroit News, was invited by CNN last Wednesday
PuLSE Institute Announces Gandhi Award for Global Justice
A new national award launched by The PuLSE Institute (Institute for Public Leadership and Social Equity), Detroit’s anti-poverty think tank, will allow the Institution every year starting
The Empty Chair: Bankole Thompson’s Moral Theory of Power and Belonging
By Bankole Thompson When I stood before the mourners gathered on Aug. 25 at Empowerment Church in Southfield, Michigan, to deliver the eulogy for Dr. William G.
Detroit City Council President James Tate, Veteran Labor Leader Ronnie Peterson Bring Government and Labor Voices to PuLSE Data Center Conference
“Beyond the Boardroom” Session Will Put Community Concerns at Center of Debate Over Jobs, Energy, Infrastructure and the Data Center Boom The PuLSE Institute today
Dan Gilbert Helped Rebuild Detroit: But Who Still Doesn’t Have a Chair at the Table of Prosperity?
Thirteen years after my first one-on-one conversation with one of Detroit’s most consequential business leaders, the city has proved that capital can transform a skyline.
The Presidency Is Not a Prize: What Black University Presidents Owe the Future
At a moment of financial pressure, technological disruption and leadership uncertainty in higher education, Black college and university presidents must become more than administrators of
The Robe Is Not A Trophy: What Black Judges Owe Damon Keith
By Bankole Thompson There are moments when representation is an achievement. There are other moments when representation must answer a harder question: What are you doing
Beyond Billions and Megawatts: PuLSE Institute Puts Corporate America’s Moral Test on Data Centers on the Table
PuLSE Institute Annual Virtual Economic Justice Conference Brings Together DTE Energy Executive Chairman Jerry Norcia, President and CEO Joi Harris and Other Business Leaders to Confront Economic
The Empty Chair At The Constitutional Convention of 1787: Bankole Thompson’s Eulogy For Civil Rights Giant William G. Anderson
Editor’s Note: Nationally acclaimed journalist, author and public intellectual Bankole Thompson delivered the following eulogy on Aug. 25, 2026, at Empowerment Church in Southfield, Michigan, during the
Nationally Acclaimed Journalist Bankole Thompson Delivers Powerful Eulogy for Civil Rights Pioneer Dr. William G. Anderson
In “William G. Anderson And The Empty Chair At The Constitutional Convention Of 1787,” Thompson Places The 98-Year-Old King-Era Leader Within The Larger Constitutional And
BCBSM President and CEO Tricia Keith Named Chairperson of The PuLSE Institute’s 2027 National Civil Rights Leadership Awards Dinner
Major Civil Rights Leadership Gathering at Detroit Athletic Club Will Honor Human Dignity, Humanitarian Leadership and the Enduring Legacy of Rev. Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr.
Public Intellectual Bankole Thompson, First Journalist in History to Serve on SCLC National Board, to Deliver Tribute at Funeral of Civil Rights Pioneer Dr. William G. Anderson
Anderson, the legendary physician and former Albany Movement president who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. against Jim Crow, died Sunday at 98; his family
Gary Torgow Honored with One of PuLSE Institute’s Highest Awards at 2026 National Civil Rights Leadership Dinner
Gary Torgow, Chairman of Huntington National Bank and 2026 Dinner Chairman of The PuLSE Institute’s National Civil Rights Leadership Dinner, was honored with the Founder’s
Bankole Thompson Concludes Historic Service on SCLC National Board with Landmark Testament to Legacy of Rev. Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr
First Journalist in American History to Serve on the National Board of Dr. King’s Organization Ends Landmark Tenure with an Extraordinary Eight-Page Resignation Letter Honoring
Honoring America’s Conscience: PuLSE Announces 2026 Civil Rights Leadership Dinner Honorees
Distinguished National Leaders, Innovators, Advocates and Community Champions to be Recognized at Detroit Athletic Club The PuLSE Institute, the national anti-poverty and economic justice think tank
Bankole Thompson: Opening of the Obama Presidential Center Is a Monument to Hope, Democratic Possibility, and the Power of an American Story
Nationally acclaimed Detroit journalist, author, civic thinker, and public intellectual Bankole Thompson today hailed the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago as a defining moment
