Bankole Thompson

.....these days I find myself advising future journalists and those currently in the media business who are trying to find their moral and cultural equilibrium to stand up for something. When you have the platforms, you have to use it to ask the uncomfortable questions.. https://t.co/gndpC78lDx

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Bishop Edward Weisenburger, the man @Pontifex appointed as new archbishop of Detroit is coming to the right place. My column on why he should delve right into issues such as income inequality. The region's top Catholic cleric can't look the other way. https://t.co/bGINdy4t8Q

Looking forward to this celebration of an American hero & civil rights activist Dr. William G. Anderson. It was my honor when he invited me to be keynote speaker for the 20th Annual Dr. William G. Anderson Slavery to Freedom: An American Odyssey Lecture Series at @michiganstateu https://t.co/CWMrbWNK0y

“The good thing is to be grateful that we are not here on the streets anymore,” Coats said. “It is hard some days as a single mother. I get tired of getting up for work. I stayed prayed up. I cry sometimes but I still try to put a smile on my face.....” https://t.co/e9aW0IdNuI

Craig’s choice of words to dismiss legitimate protests that were ignited after the death of George Floyd hearkens back to the kind of resistance the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement and the anti-Vietnam War demonstrators faced from law enforcement.. https://t.co/ICyH2Nuhao

An effective response to Trump should have been the nation hearing from federal workers whose lives have already been turned upside down by Musk’s DOGE. They could have explained how Trump’s policies are making their dreams disappear.... https://t.co/7jhpnqZnyD

...they can pretend all they want but this is the Detroit that doesn't urgent and needed attention... https://t.co/BtCEvbNnjx

That reality was evident at the funeral of the children at Triumph Church on Feb. 20, which Duggan did not attend, a terribly missed opportunity that shows a stunning lack of leadership on the part of the mayor. https://t.co/ERn7ttFbMY

My latest column: Because what Duggan offered as remedy is simply a political solution designed to calm the waters by insisting that this time around there would be more outreach to the homeless population. He did not present a structural solution.... https://t.co/ERn7ttFbMY

ICYMI: Michigan's senior U.S. Sen. Gary Peters announced recently that he won't seek reelection. See what Peters said and more when he appeared on our podcast Bankole's Nation, to discuss what is at stake in the Trump era. https://t.co/KgC0tBe3tQ

....March is that month when we spotlight the significant contributions of women in advancing society... https://t.co/ciV6DXyTb8

ICYMI: Before Donald Trump's election to a second term last November, Eric Holder, the first Black U.S. Attorney General, appeared on our podcast, Bankole's Nation, to lay out what was at stake..... https://t.co/RWwB6FepPL

ICYMI: Leading Black minister and civil rights activist Rev. Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes III lays out the challenge of the Black Church in Trump era in this interview on the Bankole's Nation Podcast.. https://t.co/XHNwAz4Hpq

....the last days of Black History Month is also a reality check for more voices to articulate the present challenges and opportunities we face.... https://t.co/95zVq2ihwI

Detroit cannot throw away its most vulnerable residents. Though their lives mirror powerlessness and voicelessness, city leaders cannot be cynical to these stories that reveal a life of insecurity and limited choices. https://t.co/ftVabNos7E