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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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VP Kamala Harris at NAACP Convention

Vice President Kamala Harris, NAACP President Derrick Johnson and HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge at the 113th NAACP Convention, discuss voting rights, student debt, home-ownership and Roe. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 19, 2022•27 min

Inflation And The Jobs Recovery

Center On Budget Chief Economist Chad Stone on the June Jobs Report and what fixing inflation will mean for ongoing job recovery. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 18, 2022•25 min

What's Next In Jalyand Walker Case?

The press conference immediately after the funeral for Jayland Walker--shot 60 times by the Akron Police. Speakers are Attorneys Robert DiCello, Paige White, Ken Arbano, Rev. Mark Thompson, Tamika Mallory, and Jayland Walker's cousin, Roddray Walker. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 14, 2022•31 min

"This could have been the spark that started a new civil war."

Former Oath Keeper Jason Van Tatenhove headlined yesterday's Jan. 6. Committee hearing. Also, does Trump's witness tampering provide unassailable grounds for the DOJ to prosecute? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 13, 2022•42 min

Is New Gun Legislation Enough?

White House Domestic Policy Council Senior Advisor Stefanie Feldman joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 12, 2022•23 min

What About Student Debt Relief?

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 11, 2022•21 min

Mainstream Media's Failed Coverage Of Roe

Media Matters research director Julie Tulbert on mainstream media's failure to adequately report on the effects of Roe 's loss. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Jul 06, 2022•27 min

Kelley Robinson of Planned Parenthood Action On Roe

The executive director of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund and the vice president of advocacy and organizing at Planned Parenthood Federation of America discusses next steps after Roe 's reversal and after mass civil disobedience last Thursday. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Jul 05, 2022•17 min

"What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?"

Frederick Douglass's 1852 speech is most prescient today. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 04, 2022•1 hr 26 min

African American Women Publishers React To Roe

At the Annual National Newspaper Publishers Convention ( NNPA ), celebrating 195 years of the Black Press , African American women newspaper publishers react to Roe . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jun 30, 2022•18 min

The Relationship Between Roe and Jan. 6

How the national atmosphere Trump created, on no greater display than in the in the Jan. 6. hearings, brought about the overturning of Roe . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jun 24, 2022•1 hr 12 min

Jan. 6 Hearings Update

Daily Kos's Brandi Buchman joins Thursday Kos with the latest on the Jan. 6 hearings. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jun 23, 2022•27 min

Rent Going Up? Facing Eviction? | A Public Conversation

Kevin Myles and Kiddada Grey of Community First Solutions on the rent and eviction crises the news cycle is ignoring. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jun 22, 2022•59 min

For Juneteenth, A Reparations Song

Nabil Ince of Common Hymnal on the newly released, "H.R. 40 Reparations Song," co-written by your host, Rev. Mark Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jun 20, 2022•33 min

The Poor People's Campaign is TOMORROW

Oscar Sanchez of the Southeast Environmental Task Force makes the closing Mass Poor People's and Low Wage Workers Assembly and Moral March on Washington. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jun 17, 2022•25 min

Inflation, Jan. 6 and Ukraine

Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos and host of The Brief on how inflation and the Jan. 6 investigation may affect the November elections, and the latest on Ukraine. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jun 16, 2022•39 min

"My solution is to move to Africa, but I'm going to dodge these bullets until I can get out."

Martin Luther King, III, Parkland parents Patricia and Manuel Oliver , Live Free's Pastor Michael McBride, Life Camp's Erica Ford, and two families, including a mom ready to move to Africa to escape gun violence at Saturday's March For Our Lives on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Jun 15, 2022•22 min

Jan 6 Committee Hearing Highlights

The House Jan 6 Committee held its first hearing in prime time last night. OMG Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jun 10, 2022•40 min

More "Violence Is Coming"

Homeland security expert Dr. Donnell Harvin on gun violence and a possible looming race war. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jun 08, 2022•22 min

What Biden CAN do about Gun Violence

Igor Volsky of Guns Down America on definite steps President Biden can take to end gun violence. Igor also share his thoughts on the war as a native Ukrainian. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Jun 07, 2022•43 min

Will Mass Shootings Motivate Voters?

The Founder of Daily Kos , Civiqs and Host of The Brief on the impact og gun violence on the electorate and the latest on Ukraine. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jun 02, 2022•37 min

"There's no stigma in COVID, and we still have the same stigma of HIV, 40 years in."

Grazell R. Howard, Chair of The Black AIDS Institute , the only black domestic “think and do” tank focusing on HIV/AIDS, and CoFounder and Chief Strategist of ATIRTEC, a COVID-19 Testing and Solution Company, discusses the "Talk About It, Be About It" initiative, a series of community conversations and events focused on addressing prevalent health conditions among Black Women, with a special focus on HIV/AIDS. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://red...

May 27, 2022•27 min

On Location In Buffalo With Until Freedom

Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour and others in the leadership of Until Freedom organized a farmer's market yesterday for the community of Buffalo still reeling from the mass hate shooting at the neighborhood grocery that is still closed because of law enforcement's investigation. Here is a community trying to recover. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

May 26, 2022•53 min

Fighting Mass Criminalization, Mass Incarceration And Repealing The 13th Amendment

JustLeadershipUSA 's President DeAnna Hoskins on reentry, ending the carceral state and repealing the Thirteenth Amendment’s conditional exception permitting involuntary servitude for incarcerated people. . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

May 25, 2022•42 min
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