Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark Thompson

Markos joins for Thursday Kos!

Hundreds marched on the U.S. Mission to the United States November 8, 2023 to demand the U.S. support a ceasefire in Gaza. Speakers included (in order of appearance);

Rev. Mark Thompson, Emcee

Rev. Adrienne Thorne, Senior Minister, Riverside Church

Rev. Stephen A. Green, Co-Founder, Faith for Black Lives, Pastor, St. Luke's AME Harlem

Imam Suhaib Webb

Carmen Perez-Jordan, CEO and President, The Gathering for Justice

Marwa Janini,Executive Director, Arab-American Association of New York

Rev. Dr. Jaqui Lewis, Senior Minister for Public Theology and Transformation, MiddleChurch

Linda Sarsour, Founder, MPower Change, Co-Founder, Until Freedom

Rev. Jamal Bryant, Co-Founder, Faith for Black Lives, Pastor at New Birth Missionary Church, Atlanta

Tamika D. Mallory, Co-Founder, Until Freedom

Dr. Cornel West, US Presidential Candidate

Pastor Michael McBride, Co-Founder, Black Church PAC, Executive Director, LiveFree USA

Rev. Dr. Iva Carruthers, General Secretary, Proctor Conference

Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry, National Presiding Minister Emeritus, House Of The Lord Churchec

Elena Stein, Director of Organizing Strategy Jewish Voice For Peace

Ahmad Abuznaid, Executive Director, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights

Mysonne Linen, Hip Hop Artist, Co-Founder, Until Freedom

Rev. Dr. Willie Francois, Senior Pastor, Mount Zion Baptist Church, Pleasantville, NJ

LaTosha Brown, Co-Founder, Black Voters Matter

Rev. Dr. Samuel Cruz, Senior Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church

Nupol Kiazolu, Activist and Organizer

Kimberly Bernard, Warriors In The Garden

Nialah Edari, Co-Founder, Freedom March NYC

Kiara Williams, Warriors In The Garden

Jeannie J. Park, Warriors In The Garden

Derrick "Dwreck" Ingram, Warriors In The Garden

Ayanna Gregory, Artist, Activist, Performs

"Ceasefire"

written & composed  by Nabil Ince, Phillip Joubert, Bishop Dwayne Royster, Rev. Dr. Jack Sullivan, Jr., Rev. Mark Thompson, and Ayanna Gregory, and performed by Ayanna Gregory and Common Hymnal

Markos joins for Thursday Kos.

Chad Stone, Chief Economist of the Center On Budget and Policy Priorities, joins.

SEIU 512's Athena Jones on what Election Day in Virginia mens for home care workers.

On October 24, 2023, he family of Jawan Dallas and community members testify before the Mobile, Alabama City Council to demand the release of the July 2 Mobile police body cam footage of his fatal tasing. During the city council hearing, Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine discloses publicly for the first time that the officers involved in Jawan Dallas' death are back on the street.

Jawan Dallas died after a Mobile, Alabama Police officer tased him July 2, 2023. His mother, Christine Dallas, and the entire community have been demanding the body cam footaget to no avail. A Justice for Jawan Rally was held at Bethel AME Church in Mobile, Monday, October 23.

The Democratic freshman Congreswoman from Texas's 30th district describes the chaos before the House Speaker election, and the post-election chaos sure to come.

Markos joins for this week's Thursday Kos.

Bishop William J. Barber, II leads a compelling voter registration teach-in in Biloxi, Mississippi, Saturday, October 21, 2023