"We're in a win-win situation watching [Republicans] tear each other apart."
Markos joins for this week's Thursday Kos . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 16, 2023•37 min
Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark Thompson
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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Chad Stone on the Feb. 2023 Jobs Report
The Chief Economist of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Div. III Final Four-bound Swarthmore College alum joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 15, 2023•17 min
The 2024 Election And Beyond
Rev. Mark moderates T]\the 2023 20th Annual Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference Ubuntu Plenary with an Introduction by Dr. Forrest Harris, President of American Baptist College, and with Panelists. Pastor Michael McBride of Live Free USA; Bishop Leah Daughtry of The House of the Lord Churches; Rev. Terry Melvin, President of the Coalltion of Black Trade Unionists; Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO of the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies; and the Rev. Dr. Earle Fisher, Pastor of Memphis Abyssinian...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 49 min
WRITTEN OUT: The Silencing of Regina Gelana Twala
Stanford African Historu Professor Joel Cabrita on her new book, WRITTEN OUT: The Silencing of Regina Gelana Twala , chroniclng the life of a prolific writer in the 50s and 60s, the second Black woman to obtain a degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and one of the co-founders of Eswatini’s first political party in 1960. Despite Twala’s significant achievements, her obscurity exists today due to the calculated plagiarizing and silencing of her work by white academics. A...
Mar 09, 2023•40 min
Fox's Lies To Its Own Audience, the China Committee and Trump vs. DeSantis
Markos joins for Thursday Kos. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 02, 2023•37 min
Deaths In Custody
Dr. Roger Mitchell is a national expert on deaths that occur while in the custody of law enforcement and has served as an expert in many high-profile cases. He currently is the Chairman of the pathology department at Howard University College of Medicine and is the Speaker of the House of Delegates for the National Medical Association which has a membership body of 50K Black Doctors.Dr. Mitchell is the Former Chief Medical Examiner for Washington DC. He recently served as Chairman and lead autho...
Mar 01, 2023•20 min
What This Tuesday Night Meant For Democrats
Markos joins for Thursday Kos as Democrats win Tuesday in VA, WI, KY, and NH, and Biden visits Ukraine. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Feb 23, 2023•35 min
"Your Consent Is Not Required: The Rise in Psychiatric Detentions, Forced Treatment, and Abusive Guardianships"
Author Rob Wipond and forced treatment survivor Cindy Hadge of the Wildflower Alliance join. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Feb 22, 2023•56 min
The Biden Administration On Teachers Of Color And A New Executive Order On Equity and Inclusion
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on first-ever Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program grants to recruit more teachers of color, and White House Domestic Policy Council Dep. Director Chiraag Bains on President Biden's new Executive Order, Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Feb 17, 2023•22 min
Poll: Most Americans Don't Want Trump Or Biden in 2024, And Most Disagree With DeSantis' African American Studies Ban
Markos Moulitsas joins #ThursdayKos with the latest Civiqs poll . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Feb 16, 2023•39 min
The Success of Biden's SOTU Speech
Markos Moulitsas joins for Thursday Kos. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Feb 09, 2023•25 min
Biden's SOTU and the January Jobs Report
The Democrats Chair Jaime Harrison on Biden's SOTU speech, and the Center on Budget's Chief Economist Chad Stone on the January 2023 jobs report. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Feb 08, 2023•34 min
SOTU Preview
Keisha Lance Bottoms, Senior Advisor to the President for Public Engagement, Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget and Mitch Landrieu, Senior Advisor to the President for Infrastructure Implementation preview of the President’s State of the Union address tonight. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Feb 07, 2023•21 min
DeSantis Bans AP African American Studies
American Federation of Teachers Secretary-Treasurer and immediate past president of the Florida Education Association on the banned course, and the myriad of other issues Florida's students, parents and teachers face which DeSantis ignores. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jan 31, 2023•26 min
The Riders Come Out At Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover-up in the Oakland Police Department
Twenty-one years of investigative journalism by Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham has resulted in their new book on the history of brutality, racism and corruption on the part of the Oakland police. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jan 30, 2023•56 min
"Muzzled by DeSantis, Critical Race Theory Professors Cancel Courses or Modify Their Teaching"
Daniel Golden of ProPublica joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jan 27, 2023•18 min
The Media's "Trump Hangover"
Daily Kos is unspared from media layoffs as Markos shares on this week's Thursday Kos. Also, the latest on U.S. and German equipment headed to Ukraine. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jan 26, 2023•39 min
How Roe Came To Be
Professor Felicia Kornbluh on the role her mother, Beatrice Kornbluh, played in establishing Roe, and on the role her neighbor, Dr. Helen Rodriguez-Trias, played in ending sterilization abuse disproportionality victimizing African American, Latina and Indigenous women, as told in her new book, A Woman’s Life Is A Human Life: My Mother, Our Neighbor and the Journey from Reproductive Rights to Reproductive Justice. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://...
Jan 24, 2023•30 min
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona
Secretary Fudge joins to discuss the new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, which continues the work of MLK and the realization of the 1968 Fair Housing Act. Secretary Cardona joins to discuss the Education Department's milestones at the halfway point of the Biden Harris Administration. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jan 20, 2023•17 min
Did Republicans Actually "Win?" Or Would They Have Served Themselves Better Remaining In The Minority?
The turmoil in the House, and the inability to govern begs the question. Also Santos's pathology, Hunter Biden, the difference between Trump's classified docs and Biden's, and the latest on Ukraine. Markos Moulitsas joins for the first Thursday Kos of 2023! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jan 19, 2023•35 min
MLK Justice For Jayland Symposium Part II
Eight Akron police officers are currently under investigation for the June 27, 2022 killing of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old African American young man. Officers fired more than 90 times at Jayland and his body was hit by 46 bullets. On Jan. 14, 2023 during MLK JFJ (#JusticeForJayland) weekend in Akron, OH, Rev. Mark moderated two panels on Where Do We Go From Here with Justice for Jayland Walker, Police Accountability, Police Violence, Black-on-Black Nonviolence, Trauma, Loss and Healing ? The ...
Jan 18, 2023•2 hr 3 min
MLK Justice For Jayland Symposium Part I
Eight Akron police officers are currently under investigation for the June 27, 2022 killing of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old African American young man. Officers fired more than 90 times at Jayland and his body was hit by 46 bullets. On Jan. 14, 2023 during MLK JFJ (#JusticeForJayland) weekend in Akron, OH, Rev. Mark moderated two panels on Where Do We Go From Here with Justice for Jayland Walker, Police Accountability, Police Violence, Black-on-Black Nonviolence, Trauma, Loss and Healing ? The ...
Jan 17, 2023•1 hr 28 min
The Arc of Truth: The Thinking of Martin Luther King Jr.
Lewis V. Baldwin joins on MLK Day to discuss his latest book on Dr. King. Dr. Baldwin is an award-winning author who has written many books on the Black Church and on Martin Luther King Jr., including There is a Balm in Gilead: The Cultural Roots of Martin Luther King Jr. ; To Make the Wounded Whole: The Cultural Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. ; and Never to Leave Us Alone: The Prayer Life of Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Baldwin is professor emeritus of religious studies at Vanderbilt University...
Jan 16, 2023•27 min
Inflation And The December 2022 Jobs Report
Small Business Administration Administrator Isabella Guzman and Center On Budget Chief Economist Chad Stone both join. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jan 13, 2023•25 min
Seventh Day of Kwanzaa: Imani (Faith)
Dr. Maulana Karenga, creator of the pan-African cultural holiday Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles) and author of the authoritative text titled Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture joins. Dr. Karenga is professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at California State University—Long Beach. An activist-scholar, he is chair of the organization Us and the National Association of Kawaida Organizations; and Executive director of the African American Cult...
Jan 01, 2023•23 min
Sixth Day of Kwanzaa: Kuumba (Creativity)
Dr. Maulana Karenga, creator of the pan-African cultural holiday Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles) and author of the authoritative text titled Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture joins. Dr. Karenga is professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at California State University—Long Beach. An activist-scholar, he is chair of the organization Us and the National Association of Kawaida Organizations; and Executive director of the African American Cult...
Dec 31, 2022•12 min
Fifth Day of Kwanzaa: Nia (Purpose)
Dr. Maulana Karenga, creator of the pan-African cultural holiday Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles) and author of the authoritative text titled Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture joins. Dr. Karenga is professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at California State University—Long Beach. An activist-scholar, he is chair of the organization Us and the National Association of Kawaida Organizations; and Executive director of the African American Cult...
Dec 30, 2022•11 min
Fourth Day of Kwanzaa: Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)
Dr. Maulana Karenga, creator of the pan-African cultural holiday Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles) and author of the authoritative text titled Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture joins. Dr. Karenga is professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at California State University—Long Beach. An activist-scholar, he is chair of the organization Us and the National Association of Kawaida Organizations; and Executive director of the African American Cult...
Dec 29, 2022•11 min
Third Day of Kwanzaa: Ujima (Collective work and responsibility)
Dr. Maulana Karenga, creator of the pan-African cultural holiday Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles) and author of the authoritative text titled Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture joins. Dr. Karenga is professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at California State University—Long Beach. An activist-scholar, he is chair of the organization Us and the National Association of Kawaida Organizations; and Executive director of the African American Cult...
Dec 28, 2022•10 min
Second Day of Kwanzaa: Kujichagulia (Self-determination)
Dr. Maulana Karenga, creator of the pan-African cultural holiday Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles) and author of the authoritative text titled Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture joins. Dr. Karenga is professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at California State University—Long Beach. An activist-scholar, he is chair of the organization Us and the National Association of Kawaida Organizations; and Executive director of the African American Cult...
Dec 27, 2022•10 min
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