Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark Thompson

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 AfricanaStudies 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 Cultural Center and the Kawaida Institute of Pan-African Studies; and also, co-chair of the Black Community, Clergy and Labor Alliance, BCCLA.

Dr. Karenga is also the author of numerous scholarly articles and books including:

Essays on Struggle: Position and Analysis

Kawaida and Questions of Life and Struggle

Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics

Introduction to Black Studies, 4 th Edition

Husia: Sacred Wisdom of Ancient Egypt

Odu Ifa: The Ethical Teachings

He is currently writing a major work on the social and ethical philosophy of Malcolm X, entitled The Liberation Ethics of Malcolm X: Critical Consciousness, Moral Grounding and Transformative Struggle.

Dr. Karenga is the recipient of numerous awards for scholarship, leadership and service including the Paul Robeson-Zora Neale Hurston Award for Scholarly Work of African World Culture and The C.L.R. James Award for Outstanding Publication of Scholarly Works that Advance the Discipline of Africana and Black Studies, and the Presidential Award for Exemplary Service and Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Black Studies, all from the National Council for Black Studies

He is also the subject of the book by Dr. Molefi Asante entitled, Maulana Karenga: An Intellectual Portrait.

Elliott Kozuch, Senior Communications Strategist at NARAL ProChoice America, joins.

ProPublica's Agnel Philip and Eli Hager discuss the Arizona Department of Child Safety investigating the family lives of 1 of every 3 Black children in Maricopa County.

As the Jan. 6 Committee make criminal referrals against Donald Trump, David Marchick, author of the book The Peaceful Transfer of Power: An Oral History of America’s Presidential Transitions, joins. He is also Dean of the Kogod School of Business at American University, host of its Transition Lab podcast, and as former director of the Partnership for Public Service’s Center for Presidential Transition and was involved in the Trump/Biden transition.

Tania Haigh, founder of the KIDS TOO Movement and co-founder of Parents Against Child Sex Abuse (P.A.X.A.), Ashley Nation, Abuse Survivor and Dr. Holly Shilling, Licensed Psychologist, join to discuss educator sexual abuse.

Markos Moulitsas, founder of Daily Kos, Civiqs and Host of The Brief, joins for Thursday Kos.

The monthly dialogue with Danielle Moodie, Host of WokeAF.

A report on a National Security Council media call on Griner's release, and Markos joins for Thursday Kos to discuss the Georgia Runoff.

Send that text to Black Voters Matter, and then forward the reply to everyone you know in Georgia!

Also, the Center On Budget's Chief Economist, Chad Stone, joins to discuss the November 2022 Jobs Report.

The Transportation Secretary on the rail legislation and pid sick leave for rail workers.

Markos Moulitsas on the imminent GOP majority and the Georgia runoff.