Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark Thompson

Martin Luther King, III, Parkland parents Patricia and Manuel Oliver, Live Free's Pastor Michael McBride, Life Camp's Erica Ford, and two families, including a mom ready to move to Africa to escape gun violence at Saturday's March For Our Lives on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

The House Jan 6 Committee held its first hearing in prime time last night. OMG

On this week's Thursday Kos, Markos contrasts Rep. Liz Cheney to "weenie" Dems on the Jan. 6 Committee. Also, the latest on Hill gun violence negotiations and how the arrival of weapons for Ukraine is not without its challenges.

Homeland security expert Dr. Donnell Harvin on gun violence and a possible looming race war.

Igor Volsky of Guns Down America on definite steps President Biden can take to end gun violence.

Igor also share his thoughts on the war as a native Ukrainian.

Center On Budget's Chief Economist Chad Stone on the May 2022 jobs report, and the COVID jobs recovery contrasted with that of the Great Recession.

The Founder of Daily Kos, Civiqs and Host of The Brief on the impact og gun violence on the electorate and the latest on Ukraine.

Grazell R. Howard, Chair of The Black AIDS Institute, the only black domestic “think and do” tank focusing on HIV/AIDS, and CoFounder and Chief Strategist of ATIRTEC, a COVID-19 Testing and Solution Company, discusses the "Talk About It, Be About It" initiative, a series of community conversations and events focused on addressing prevalent health conditions among Black Women, with a special focus on HIV/AIDS.

Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour and others in the leadership of Until Freedom organized a farmer's market yesterday for the community of Buffalo still reeling from the mass hate shooting at the neighborhood grocery that is still closed because of law enforcement's investigation.

Here is a community trying to recover.

JustLeadershipUSA's President DeAnna Hoskins on reentry, ending the carceral state and repealing the Thirteenth Amendment’s conditional exception permitting involuntary servitude for incarcerated people.

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