Dillard University in New Orleans, one of the nation’s oldest and most prominent Black colleges, has appointed Bankole Thompson, the distinguished Black journalist, author and cultural
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In Powerful Keynote Address, Social Critic, Journalist Bankole Thompson Tells Dillard University Students to Change Debilitating State of Black America
Persistent poverty and income inequality coupled with centuries of institutional racism enforced by a sophisticated and racist caste system has made the future of Black
PuLSE Dinner Next Month to Honor Board Member, Beloved Detroiter Dewan Mitchell
The PuLSE Institute, Detroit’s national anti-poverty think tank, is planning to honor its former board member Dewan Mitchell, 57, a widely respected entertainment executive and
What can Detroit Learn from the Denver Basic Income Project?
Guest Column By Mark Donovan Detroit, like so many other cities around the country, continues to seek ways to more effectively and immediately fight poverty,
Top Healthcare Executive Michael Grace Speaks Out on Health Crisis and Poverty in the Black Community
Michael Grace has been a healthcare executive for over 28 years, working at some of the nation’s premier health systems. He served as a COO at
PuLSE President Tina Patterson Calls for More Women Leaders
Attorney Tina M. Patterson, Esq., is the president and director of research at The PuLSE Institute, a national anti-poverty think tank headquartered in Detroit with
Top Journalist Bankole Thompson to Keynote April 7 Lecture on Race and Poverty at Dillard University in New Orleans
Bankole Thompson, one of the nation’s leading Black journalists, whose courageous and polemical work on issues of racial justice and economic inequality continues to prick
Longtime Civil Rights Activist, NAACP Leader Jim Vincent Named to Providence Reparations Commission
Jim Vincent, a renowned civil rights activist and the president of the Providence Branch of the NAACP, who for years has been pushing for racial
Bankole Thompson’s Brown University Keynote Address Calls on Major White Institutions to Join Racial Justice Fight
In a riveting keynote address delivered with masterful oratory on the theme, “Why Major Institutions Must Address the Fierce Urgency of Racial Justice,” Bankole Thompson,
PuLSE Institute Mourns Passing of Board Member, Detroit Entertainment Executive Dewan Mitchell
Dewan Mitchell, a widely respected and nationally renowned Detroit entertainment executive, who worked on both sides of the creative and business side of the industry,
Journalist, Cultural Critic Bankole Thompson to Deliver Keynote Address at Brown University Forum on Race and Democracy Feb. 24
Bankole Thompson, a nationally acclaimed Black journalist and cultural critic described by the Eisenhower Foundation as a “Courageous voice on behalf of the dispossessed and disenfranchised,
Beyond Black Faces In High Places: Appoint Blacks With Courage, History Of Championing Civil Rights As Judges
By Attorney Tina M. Patterson, Esq. According to President Joe Biden, a Black woman Supreme Court Justice is long overdue. History supports this writer’s shared opinion
Black Woman Supreme Court Nominee Commitment Does Not Release Biden From Failed Promises to the Black Community
By Tina M. Patterson, Esq. On November 7, 2020, while addressing the nation for the first time as president-elect, after a long and contentious 2020
Go for Individual Victories on Child Credit, Drugs, Climate, Home Care, Pre-K…
Editor’s Note: This column was ranked #1 in OpEdNews and is reprinted with permission from Robert Weiner, former White House spokesman and a member of
