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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
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Former Minneapolis Mayor Hodges On White Liberal Resistance to Police Reform
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The Complicated Debate About Reopening Schools In Detroit
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PuLSE Institute Honors Civil Rights Heroes John Lewis and C.T. Vivian
The PuLSE Institute issued a statement on Saturday about the deaths of Congressman John Lewis and Rev. C.T. Vivian, two notable champions of the Civil Rights
Detroit Tops List Of Police Officers Who Can’t Testify In Court
Our editor-in-chief Bankole Thompson, who is a twice-a-week opinion columnist at The Detroit News, secured the first Brady/Giglio list of police officers with credibility issues in Wayne
Would Detroit Police Have Killed Hakim Littleton If He Was White?
Editor’s Note: Tina M. Patterson, a Detroit native and attorney is the president and director of research at The PuLSE Institute, Detroit’s independent anti-poverty think
Historic Detroit Right-to-Literacy Lead Counsel Rosenbaum Joins PuLSE Institute
Mark Rosenbaum, the lead attorney in the groundbreaking Detroit right-to-literacy case, and the director of the Opportunity Under Law Project at Public Counsel, one of the
International Trade Expert Joins PuLSE Institute As Senior Fellow
Bob C. Ezumah, a former Export Promotion and Business Development Manager with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) NEXTT Project, and currently Logistics
Inkster Police Chief William Riley Joins Detroit’s Anti-Poverty Think Tank
William T. Riley, the police chief of the City of Inkster, and a veteran law enforcement official, who has been pushing for a new model
PuLSE Institute Launches Forum Series on Reforming Policing in America
In light of the ongoing protests against police brutality, there is an urgent need to deliver justice for the victims of police violence, and end
Cass Tech Teacher: ‘We Need A Social Movement Against Student Poverty’
Editor’s Note: Dorothea Williams-Arnold is a senior fellow at The PuLSE Institute, where she focuses on the academic needs of students in poor communities. She
Top Columbia University Professor Premilla Nadasen Joins PuLSE Institute
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Honor Juneteenth With Legislation, Not Symbolism, Against Police Brutality
By Tina M. Patterson, Esq. Juneteenth, a commemoration of the release of the last enslaved Africans in Texas, has been recognized in the United States
Walter Rodney’s Influence on the Global Push Against Police Brutality
JUNETEENTH EDITION Editor’s Note: The roots of the current push against police brutality is directly linked to the resistant movements of the 1950s and 1960s,