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Giuliana Conti, PhD, and Jason Rawls, Professor of Hip Hop,The Ohio State University, discuss Music Workshop's new Hip Hop Course!
Andrea Black Evans, Executive Director of the Surge Institute, discusses the progress and setbacks in education equality since Brown v. Board. Evans shares insights on the Surge Institute's mission to empower black and brown educational leaders, providing them with the skills and support to challenge and change the system.
Markos joins for Thursday Kos.
Author Brea Baker on Election 2024 and her new book, Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership
Frederick Douglass. Rochester, New York. July 5. 1852.
Markos joins #ThursdayKos to role play tonight's debate as Biden, while Rev. Mark role plays Trump, and to discuss how Biden maneuvered Trump into an early debate, which Markos believes works in Biden's favor. Both agree Biden needs to simply appear coherent to debunk Republican allegations of cognitive decline.
And Markos lists 11 reasons why he believes Biden will win the upcoming election, including Trump's demographic max-out, Dems special election performance, and the impact of Trump's legal troubles, how inflation and immigration might affect voter sentiments.
And it would not be a show without mentioning the insane QAnon conspiracy theories surrounding Biden, including the one that suggests Biden has several body doubles. 😳
Markos joins for Thursday Kos.
Dr. Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, MD, MS, American Lung Association Spokesperson and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and Wynn Welch, Wisconsin COPD sufferer and three-time cancer survivor, whose breathing is impacted during poor air quality days, join to discuss the Association's State of the Air Report.
32BJ SEIU Executive Vice President Jaime Contreras and SEIU Virginia 512 President LaNoral Thomas join to discuss repealing the 45-year ban on local collective bargaining, winning union rights for tens of thousands of workers, and negotiating historic contracts to raise pay and benefits in the important electoral swing state.
Katie Keith, Deputy Director of the White House Gender Policy Council joins, followed by Markos Moulitsas for Thursday Kos.
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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 &…
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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