By Bankole Thompson The people who live in Benton Harbor, the small Black community tucked away in the Southwestern part of Michigan, are tired of
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The Benton Harbor Story: How Top Journalist Bankole Thompson Brought Spotlight To An Ignored Black City
Bankole Thompson the editor-in-chief and dean of The PuLSE Institute, Detroit’s national anti-poverty think tank, who is a twice-a-week opinion columnist at The Detroit News,
U.S. Rep. Levin: ‘America Should Support A Haitian-Led Democracy’
By Congressman Andy Levin PuLSE Guest Column Last month’s horrifying images of Haitian migrants at the Del Rio, Texas border, coupled with unconscionable mass deportations,
As A Black Police Chief, I Welcome My Haitian Brothers and Sisters
By William T. Riley PuLSE Senior Fellow Watching the actions taken by the border patrol in Texas against my Haitian brothers and sisters were horrifying.
As World Marks Mental Health Day, Let’s End The Disparities in Detroit
By Marie Taylor PuLSE Junior Fellow October 10 is regarded by the World Health Organization as World Mental Health Day. According to the WHO, “ The overall
Welcoming Afghan Refugees While Excluding Black Haitians: The Racial Hypocrisy of Democrats
“Everybody knows that there is absolutely no difference between the native African and the American and West Indian Negroes, in that we are descendants from
Detroit News Columnist Bankole Thompson And Washington Post Columnist Catherine Rampell to Headline Princeton University Journalism Forum Oct. 5
Bankole Thompson, a leading voice in the media on racial and economic justice issues known for his hard-hitting twice-a-week opinion column in The Detroit News, and Catherine Rampell,
PuLSE Institute to Host National Forum on Haitian Migration Crisis Oct 6
The PuLSE Institute will host a national virtual forum on Wednesday, October 6, 4-6pm EST on the state of the Haitian migration crisis at the
PuLSE President, Racial Justice Advocate Tina Patterson to Pen Book on Race and the Law
Attorney Tina M. Patterson, a leading racial justice advocate and the president and director of research at The PuLSE Institute, a national anti-poverty think tank
Confronting Suicide In The Aftermath of COVID-19
Detroit Gears up for October Benefit to Address Inequity and Suicide By Kenyatta Stephens and Rabbi Daniel B. Syme The COVID pandemic has been accompanied
Detroit Teacher Wants Vaccine Mandate to Avoid Interrupted Learning
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
PuLSE Institute Launches Black Lives Narrative Project on Anniversary of MLK’s March on Washington
Detroit’s national anti-poverty think tank, The PuLSE Institute, has launched a Black Lives Narrative Project which will interview and document the stories of survivors of police brutality and
PuLSE Institute Junior Fellow Udodi Onwuzurike Wins Gold Medal, Heads to Stanford University
Udodi Onwuzurike, a member of the prestigious Junior Fellows Program at The PuLSE Institute, Detroit’s national anti-poverty think tank, recently made his debut on the global
Dr. Julius Garvey, Son of Preeminent Global Black Leader Marcus Garvey to Keynote PuLSE Forum September 16
Dr. Julius Garvey, an accomplished surgeon and the youngest son of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, the father of the 20th century Black freedom struggle, has accepted the invitation
