Part 1 of 2 Part Series Editor’s Note: Meeko Williams, is the founder and chief director of Hyrdate Detroit, a water rights group fighting to
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Top UN Human Rights Official Michelle Bachelet Speaks Out
Editor’s Note: Below is the full statement released by Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in recognition of December 10, 2019 as
PuLSE Top Editor Bankole Thompson to Return Detroit NAACP Award
Bankole Thompson, the editor-in-chief of The PuLSE Institute, Detroit’s anti-poverty think tank, and a twice-a-week opinion columnist at The Detroit News announced on his daily radio show REDLINE on 910
MBA Professor Speaks Out: Poverty Diminishes Our Value System
Editor’s Note: Dr. Massood Omrani teaches in the MBA Program at the College of Business and Information Technology at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield. He
MBA Lecturer At LTU Joins PuLSE Institute As Senior Fellow
Dr. Massood Omrani, a lecturer in the MBA Program at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, has joined The PuLSE Institute’s Academy of Fellows as a Senior Fellow
PuLSE Editor-in-Chief to Deliver MSU 20th Slavery to Freedom Lecture
Bankole Thompson, a nationally renowned journalist and culture critic has been invited by Michigan State University to deliver the keynote address for the 20th Dr. William
City Council: Reject Blight Bond Mortgage on Detroit’s Future
Editor’s Note: Tina M. Patterson, a Detroit native and attorney is the President and Director of Research at The PuLSE Institute, where she brings a strong
Detroit is America’s Worst City for Veterans Again
Editor’s Note: Sam Riddle is an honorably discharged Vietnam era veteran who acquired a G.E.D. after dropping out of high school to enlist. A graduate
Women Leadership Forum Spotlights Strategies to Overcome Inequality
Editor’s Note: Tina M. Patterson, a Detroit native and attorney is the President and Director of Research at The PuLSE Institute, where she brings a strong
Honoring Our Veterans With a Lifeline to Opportunity
Editor’s Note: Ken Huxley is a retired United States Air Force colonel with a 26-year military career, who currently serves as Vice President and Chief of
Talking Poverty Among Wealthy Whites at the DAC
By Bankole Thompson In his magnum opus, “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos Or Community,” the Rev Martin Luther King Jr., laid out the
Eliminate Property Tax and Spur Detroit’s Comeback
Editor’s Note: John Mogk, a renowned expert on critical urban issues has held many public leadership roles including recent chair of the Michigan Council on
John Conyers, Progressive Giant
A Vignette of Memories Funny, Happy, and Sad Editor’s Note: A vignette of memories from Robert Weiner, former Press Secretary/Spokesman for Conyers and his committees,
PuLSE Editor-in-Chief Calls on Youth to Be Salesmen and Women for Democracy
Editor’s Note: Bankole Thompson, the editor-in-chief of The PuLSE Institute today delivered the opening keynote address at the 5th Annual Statewide Youth Political Summit at