Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark Thompson

Attorneys Adam Levitt and Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann of DiCello Levitt on how the only 48% of Black and only 56% of Latino mortgages were approved by Navy Federal Credit Union while White borrowers were approved at a rate of 77%.

Dr. Maulana Karenga is Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, California State University-Long Beach; Executive Director, African American Cultural Center (Us); Creator of Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba; and author of Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture and Introduction to Black Studies, 4th Edition.

For these books and others, including, Kawaida and Questions of Life and Struggle, Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics, Introduction to Black Studies, 4th Edition, Husia: Sacred Wisdom of Ancient Egypt and Odu Ifa:The Ethical Teachings, please visit www.sankorebooks.com.

For more on Kwanzaa and Dr. Karenga, www.OfficialKwanzaaWebsite.org and www.MaulanaKarenga.org.

Dr. Maulana Karenga is Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, California State University-Long Beach; Executive Director, African American Cultural Center (Us); Creator of Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba; and author of Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture and Introduction to Black Studies, 4th Edition.

For these books and others, including, Kawaida and Questions of Life and Struggle, Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics, Introduction to Black Studies, 4th Edition, Husia: Sacred Wisdom of Ancient Egypt and Odu Ifa:The Ethical Teachings, please visit www.sankorebooks.com.

For more on Kwanzaa and Dr. Karenga, www.OfficialKwanzaaWebsite.org and www.MaulanaKarenga.org.

Dr. Maulana Karenga is Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, California State University-Long Beach; Executive Director, African American Cultural Center (Us); Creator of Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba; and author of Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture and Introduction to Black Studies, 4th Edition.

For these books and others, including, Kawaida and Questions of Life and Struggle, Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics, Introduction to Black Studies, 4th Edition, Husia: Sacred Wisdom of Ancient Egypt and Odu Ifa:The Ethical Teachings, please visit www.sankorebooks.com.

For more on Kwanzaa and Dr. Karenga, www.OfficialKwanzaaWebsite.org and www.MaulanaKarenga.org.

Tennessee House Minority Leader Karen Camper joins to discuss the Biden-Harris Administration Safer States Initiative and new executive actions to reduce gun violence. Also Special Assistant to the President for Healthcare Jessica Schubel joins to discuss record Affordable Care Act Enrollment, and how there's still time to enroll for 2024!

On December 12, Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicare call center workers at Maximus, the federal government’s largest call center contractor, traveled from across the country to rally and protest outside of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) headquarters in Washington, D.C. Workers demanded that HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and the Biden Administration require livable wages of $25 per hour on federal call center contracts, ensure workers have access to affordable health care, and to investigate Maximus’s low road employment practices.

After the rally, the workers, members of the Communications Workers of America Union (CWA), were rebuffed when they tried to deliver a petition to the HHS main entrance.

Rev. Mark Thompson joined the workers in nonviolent disobedience and arrest on Independence Avenue, in front of HHS.

Rally speakers included:

• CWA President Claude Cummings
• Rep, Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
• Service Employees International Union President Mary Kay Henry
• ACA and Medicare Call Center Worker Katherine Charles
• Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX)
• Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)
• Rep, Cori Bush (D-MO)
• ACA and Medicare Call Center Worker Adriana Lewis

Chad Stone, CenterOnBudget.org's Chief Economist, on the latest jobs report. Tom Perez, Senior Advisor to the President Biden and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, on jobs and economic development for African Americans. And James Kvaal, Department of Education Undersecretary, on $93 million in grant awards to 20 colleges and universities to support research and development at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), and Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), and to improve completion rates for underserved students.

Markos joins for Thursday Kos.

DNC Chair Jaime Harrison on the debate, Kevin McCarthy's resignation, and how voters are reacting to the Israel/Hamas War.

A conversation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, including, in order of appearance:

• Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter, UCLA (Moderator)
• Rep. Barbara Lee
• Rep.Jamaal Bowman
• Rep. Jamie Raskin
• Rep. Cori Bush
• Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, represented by Legislative Director Krystal Williams