Editor’s Note: Mark Rosenbaum is the director of the Opportunity Under Law project at Public Counsel, which calls itself the nation’s largest pro bono law
Wrongfully Imprisoned For 34 Years: Darrell Siggers Explains Why Prisons and COVID-19 Are Dangerous Combination
Editor’s Note: Detroiter Darrell Siggers went to prison when he was 20 for the 1984 murder of James Montgomery. He spent 34 years in prison
Prominent Black Scholar, Journalist Herb Boyd: Gov. Whitmer MIA on Children Literacy
Editor’s Note: Herb Boyd is a nationally renowned journalist, activist, teacher and the author/editor of twenty-three books including his latest “Black Detroit: A People’s History
Wayne County CEO Evans: Gov. Whitmer Should Not Fight What is Right
Editor’s Note: Wayne County Executive Warren Evans was elected in 2014 as the fourth CEO of Michigan’s largest county which is home to 34 cities
Leading Detroit CEO Pasky to Gov. Whitmer: Stand By Your Word and Support Detroit Kids’ Right to Literacy
Editor’s Note: Cynthia J. Pasky is the president and CEO of Strategic Staffing Solutions, an international IT staffing company headquartered in Detroit. One of the
Top Civil Rights Attorney: Gov. Whitmer Plays Hide-and-Seek with Detroit Kids Right to Literacy
Editor’s Note: Godfrey Dillard is a renowned civil rights lawyer who served as the lead counsel for a group of minority students in the pivotal
Morehouse President Thomas: What MLK Would Say About Inequality of COVID-19
PULSE ENCOUNTER SERIES In 2013, historian Jon Meacham writing for the cover of Time magazine, called Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the architect of
Growing Demand for Gov. Whitmer to Settle Historic Right to Literacy Case
By Bankole Thompson As Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer remains strictly silent over the landmark historic right to literacy case on behalf of Detroit kids, calls
Gov. Whitmer’s Literacy Crisis Sharply Divides incoming American Bar Association President and PuLSE Institute Founder
In a recent landmark decision, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of black schoolchildren in Detroit by affirming the right to
Why Business Must Fight Detroit’s Poverty in COVID-19
By Louis E. James It’s no secret that poverty negatively impacts our community. Even more daunting, the effects of poverty have the greatest impact on
Gov. Whitmer Betrays Spirit of Historic Brown Decision For Blacks
“Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights. It is the means to help our children and our people rediscover their identity
Columbia Anti-Poverty Scholar Nadasen: COVID-19 Underscores Need for Basic Income
PULSE ENCOUNTER SERIES The PuLSE Institute, Detroit’s independent and non-partisan anti-poverty think tank, wanted to know what academics studying poverty around the country are thinking
One Year Later: Honor Judge Keith with Justice and Political Accountability
“Selective information is misinformation.” –Judge Damon J. Keith By Tina M. Patterson, Esq Now perhaps more than ever, we are faced with an array of
One Year Later: How Federal Judge Damon Keith Inspired Business Leader Pasky
PULSE ENCOUNTER SERIES The consequential legacy of the late Damon J. Keith, who served as Senior Judge of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals,
