BANKOLE THOMPSON

Much respect to @maddow.msnbc.com for courageously standing up and calling out the recent program changes at @msnbc.com including the "bad mistake" of letting @joyannreid.bsky.social walk away as well as how behind-the-scene staff getting short end of the stick under the TV network leadership.

The Great Resegregation The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.

If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Statement from the Musk-appointed head of SSA celebrating the deletion of research grants studying the financial security of the older adults and the disabled. Just one way that the richest man in the world is dictating societal priorities.
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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

....Black History Month is also a time to remember the struggles in protecting economically disenfranchised Black communities

...Black History Month has never been more significant than now....our stories of resilience, courage, faith, innovation, and impact must be told.....

Pushing for equity on different fronts..

..my response to the 34 Jewish organizations that came out defending DEI on Friday....

Trump official orders consumer protection agency to stop work President Barack Obama created the bureau in the wake of the 2007-2008 housing bubble and financial crisis, which was caused in part by fraudulent mortgage lending.

Russell Vought, the newly installed director of the Office of Management and Budget, directed the CFPB in a Saturday night email to stop work on proposed rules, to suspend the effective dates on any rules that were finalized but not yet effective, and to stop investigative work...

Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington Elon Musk has promised transparency as President Donald Trump's leader in making the federal government more efficient. But it hasn't worked out that way so far.

In the three weeks since the Republican president has been back in the White House, Musk has rapidly burrowed deep into federal agencies while avoiding public scrutiny of his work. He has not answered questions from journalists or attended any hearings with lawmakers.

...don't buy into the propaganda that diversity is a substitute for merit and excellence. Diversity of talent and excellence are mutually inclusive.

Thompson: It's hard to celebrate MLK Jr. and denounce DEI Diversity, equity and inclusion, part of MLK Jr.'s legacy, is needed now more than ever.

You can't celebrate the enduring legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and then denounce DEI. My column explains why....

....I will be at the downtown Detroit campus of Wayne County Community College District to give this talk two weeks from now...this event is open to the public..

Thompson: Where's Whitmer's 'grit' to defend DEI? Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is basically nowhere to be seen these days.

My latest column about Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's silence on DEI...especially when White women have benefited so much from DEI policies. Is Whitmer afraid to confront Donald Trump?

Top Journalist, Racial Justice Champion Bankole Thompson Keynotes Nation’s DEI Leaders Historic Summit DETROIT, MI, UNITED STATES, February 4, 2025 – How are cities that have Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Departments going to fare in the era of the anti-DEI campaign? Do they have a strategy …

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Companies Defending DEI Show Moral Courage, Says Top Journalist, Economic Justice Standard-Bearer Bankole Thompson Bankole Thompson, a nationally acclaimed journalist and standard-bearer for economic justice issues, is applauding companies who have rejected the attacks on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) p…

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On 80th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation, A Look at Journalistic Thought Leader Bankole Thompson’s Speech to Jewish Leaders 13 Years Later With 80 years to the day of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp where Jews and their families were lined up and shot, we pause to remember the victims of the Holocaust including the su…

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Black history cannot be erased. Simple.

....don't give up on DEI. Hold the line. That's what I shared in my keynote address this week at the first national conference on the future of municipal DEI....the summit was a show of commitment from leaders across the nation devoted to upholding the values of DEI...