A forward-thinking writer and a recognized authority on race, media and economic inequality issues, Bankole Thompson, one of the nation’s leading journalists, whose forceful writings
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In Moving Tribute, Top Journalist Bankole Thompson Calls Southern Sharecropper Janie Cousar Kinloch ‘Founding Mother of the Republic’
In a remarkably moving tribute to the enduring legacy of Black women who worked on the slave plantations in the Deep South, Bankole Thompson, one of the
PuLSE Editor-in-Chief, Social Critic Bankole Thompson to Deliver Opening Tribute at Funeral for Cultural Matriarch Janie Cousar Kinloch, Mother of Top Detroit Pastor Solomon Kinloch
Bankole Thompson, the editor-in-chief and dean of Detroit’s national anti-poverty think tank, The PuLSE Institute, and one of the most preeminent Black journalists on race
At PuLSE Forum, Minnesota AG Ellison Points The Way for Future Prosecutions Nationwide
By Robert Weiner and Rabria Moore Under the radar screen but highly significant for future case strategies, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison laid out where
PuLSE Editor-in-Chief Bankole Thompson Tells Aerospace, Defense Company Lockheed Martin Black Employees to Fight for Social Justice
Black employees at Lockheed Martin, the Maryland-based global security and aerospace company, were told last month to seriously engage in the issues driving the Black
Black Robes Matter: Why More Black Judges Are Needed in Federal Judiciary
Editor’s Note: Attorney Tina M. Patterson, a Detroit native is the president and director of research at The PuLSE Institute. She was previously a federal government attorney
More Than 160 Lawyers Set to Attend PuLSE Forum on Bankruptcy and Poverty May 25
More than 160 lawyers from around the country who practice in federal court including some judges both at the federal and state courts and law
Minnesota Attorney General, Chauvin Prosecutor Keith Ellison to Keynote PuLSE Forum on Criminal Justice Reform June 1
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who presided over the successful and historic prosecution of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was recently convicted for killing
Federal Bankruptcy Judge Mark Randon to Keynote PuLSE Forum on Poverty and Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy Judge Mark Randon, who sits on the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, will deliver the keynote address at The PuLSE Institute Forum on
Police Chief Craig Attacks on Congresswoman Waters Reflect Failure of Detroit Leadership under Mayor Duggan
Editor’s Note: Attorney Tina M. Patterson, a Detroit native is the president and director of research at The PuLSE Institute. She was previously a federal
PuLSE Institute Editor-in-Chief Bankole Thompson Pens Detroit News Front Page Column on George Floyd Verdict
Bankole Thompson, the editor-in-chief and dean of The PuLSE Institute wrote the front page column in Wednesday’s April 21 keepsake edition of The Detroit News about the meaning and historic significance
Racially Biased Teachers Don’t Belong In Our Classrooms
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. A
The Invisible Shield: How Activists and Lawmakers are Breaking Down Qualified Immunity, Part 3
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on April 15 in The Amsterdam News in New York. The PuLSE Institute is reprinting the story with
Detroit Police Chief Craig Is No Model for National Standard of Policing
Editor’s Note: Attorney Tina M. Patterson, a Detroit native is the president and director of research at The PuLSE Institute. She was previously a federal