The Rev. Mark A. Thompson has spent most of his life as a political, civil rights & human rights activist and organizer. He not only has been a part of every major social justice movement & event over the past 40 years, he has also been a radio broadcaster for three decades, and he has spent over 10 years as a television commentator, as well.
Rev. Mark hosts Make It Plain (MIP), a political, human rights and breaking news podcast. Rev. Mark’s lifelong social justice activism intersects with his years of experience broadcasting the news and issues of the day. Newsmakers, politicos, policy-makers, entertainers and athletes alike make MIP a frequent sojourn.In 2021, MIP was named among Best Civil Rights Podcasts, Best Human Rights Podcasts, Best Podcasts About Social Justice and Best Broadcast Television Podcasts.
Rev. Mark was honored at the 104th Annual NAACP Convention in Orlando in July 2013 “for 25 years of crusading journalism and outstanding leadership in furthering the work of civil and human rights.
Rev. Mark, is a Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers 2023 Inductee.
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The Poor People's Campaign Mobilization Tour for June 18 makes it final stop in Memphis, Tennessee. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
National Urban League President Marc Morial on the 46th edition of the report and the National Equality Index . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Bishop WIlliam J. Barber, II and the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis lead a mobilization march in Los Angeles leading up to June 18. Rev. Mark's son, Menra Mapfumo, an aspiring broadcaster himself, spoke with participants about poverty, and particularly about the crisis of homelessness in LA. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
On this week's Thursday Kos, Markos reacts to Buffalo, analyzes Tuesday's primaries, considers the impact Roe might have in November and provides the latest updates on Ukraine. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The Secretary on accomplishments six months since the signing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The Rev. Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner on the recent Faith United to Save Democracy (FUSD) clergy meeting with the Pennsylvania Secretary of State and similar upcoming meetings in other states to ensure voter protections. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Buffalo activists Rev. Denise Walden-Glenn of Live Free 's Voice Buffalo and Rana Ryan of Life Camp discuss the community's reaction to Saturday's hate crime. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons with the latest on the lawsuit for reparations & justice on behalf of survivors and descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Recently, a Tulsa County District Judge ruled the lawsuit can proceed. Lessie Benningfield Randle, 107, Viola Fletcher, 107, and Hughes Van Ellis, 101, are the three known living survivors. Please visit JusticeForGreenwood.org Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
On this week's Thursday Kos, Daily Kos 's Mark Sumner shares the latest on Russia's inept military strategy against Ukraine, and Putin's persistence despite failure. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
The economist and member of the WH Council of Economic Advisers describes the causes of inflation and what the WH aims to do about it. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The Movement for Black Lives' Policy and Research Coordinator, Dr. Amara Enyia on how the drug war sustains mass incarceration and over-policing. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The Center on Budget's Chief Economist Chad Stone on the April Jobs Report. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
While the world prepares to watch the Kentucky Derby tomorrow, Emily Bingham discusses why we need to discard the Derby's and the state's racist anthem in her new book, My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life And Reckoning Of An Iconic American Song. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
In today's episode of Thursday Kos , Markos Moulitsas on how opposition parties usually gain in midterm elections, but the GOP's war on Roe has made Democrats the opposition party. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The Research Director of the 2.5 million member organization weighs in on the leaked SCOTUS draft decision to reverse Roe. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
The President of the National Organization of Women reacts to the leaked draft of the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The Black Eagle on his new memoir, Radio Active: A Memoir of Advocacy in Action, on the Air and in the Streets . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The DNC Chair on how Democrats are meeting the challenges they face in the midterms. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
This Thursday Kos, Markos discusses the peril Biden finds himself in with the youth electorate as evidenced by the latest Civiqs poll . And he also offers the latest insight on Putin's war. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
The mobilization tour for the June 18 Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls made its latest stop in Philadelphia this week. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Dr. Rosalea Hamilton of the Advocates Network on Jamaica's demand for reparations in the context of William and Kate's recent offensive royal charm offensive in the Caribbean. Dr. Hamilton also discusses removing the Queen as Head-Of-State and the CARICOM dispute over the Head of the Commonwealth. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Dr. Niambi Hall Campbell Dean of the Advocates Network on the Bahamas demand for reparations in the context of William and Kate's recent offensive royal charm offensive in the Caribbean. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Independent journalist Brian Dolinar discusses his latest piece on states using pandemic aid to fund law enforcement and the carceral system. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On this week's Thursday Kos, Daily Kos and Civiqs Founder Markos Moultisas on increased WH aid to the Ukraine and midterm Democratic messaging..or lack thereof. State Senator Mallory McMorrow (D-MI) serves as a model teacher for Democratic messaging. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
The great-grandchildren of Ida. B. Wells, Michelle and Dan Duster, discuss her legacy as Congress finally passed anti-lynching legislation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Layla A. Jones breaks down the origins of local tv news stereotyping of African Americans as contained in her investigative piece, "Lights. Camera. Crime." Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
The Workers Circle 's CEO Ann Toback tells the story of Eastern European Jews in the nineteenth century who emigrated to the U.S. to escape persecution, only to find persecution of African Americans, women and laborers in America, too. Inevitably, they joined in solidarity with the suffrage, civil rights and labor movements and are directly involved in the ongoing work to preserve and expand voting rights. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcirc...
Happy Jackie Robinson Day! It's been 75 years since Jackie Robinson broke America's color barrier. Della Britton, President and CEO of the Jackie Robinson Foundation describes the work of the Foundation, the upcoming opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum and the indefatigable 99-year-young Rachel Robinson. She also discusses the role Jackie Robinson played in making it possible for Barack Obama, Sr. to study in the U.S. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: h...
MIP's weekly episode of Thursday Kos begins with tributes to media critic Eric Boehlert from Joy Reid, Host of The Reid Out on MSNBC, and the Kos in Thursday Kos and Daily Kos himself, Markos Moulitsas. Markos also discusses the latest developments in the Ukraine. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Bharat Ramamurti of the White House Economic Council on the March Jobs Report, the jobs deficit for African America Women and inflation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
