For the first time since April, the monthly jobs report showed a major LOSS, with a deficit of approximately 144,000. On top of that, the unemployment rate held, and we’re inching closer to coronavirus unemployment insurance running out in March (and no talks of additional stimulus). Chad Stone, Chief Economist at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, helps us understand the most important takeaways from the latest report on our economy. Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.com 

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Markos Moulitsas is back for 2021’s first installment of #ThursdayKos. In today’s episode they unpack the chaos, hypocrisy, and theories surrounding the insurrection on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. And on a brighter note, they also celebrate Georgia’s big wins for Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.com 

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Mark responds to the horrific, violent display on Capitol Hill yesterday by Trump supporters, followed by part two of yesterday's panel discussion. Panelists: Ras Baraka, Mayor of Newark, NJ; Marc Morial, President/CEO, National Urban League; Derrick Johnson, President/CEO, NAACP; Rev. Dr. S. Todd Yeary, Rainbow/PUSH; Rev. Dr. E. Faye Williams, Chairperson/CEO, National Congress of Black Women; Melanie Campbell, President, National Coalition of Black Civic Participation; Barbara Anrwine, Founder/President, Transformative Change Coalition; Marbre-Stahly-Butts, Convener, Policy Table, Movement for Black Lives; Jasiri X, hip hop Activist, Founder, One Hood Media Center; Janice Mathis, Executive Director, National Council of Negro Women; Pastor Michael McBride, Co-Founder, Black Church PAC; Larry Hamm, Chairman, People's Organization for Progress; Fredrica Bey, Founder, Women In Support of the Million Man March Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.com 

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Panelists: Ras Baraka, Mayor of Newark, NJ; Marc Morial, President/CEO, National Urban League; Derrick Johnson, President/CEO, NAACP; Rev. Dr. S. Todd Yeary, Rainbow/PUSH; Rev. Dr. E. Faye Williams, Chairperson/CEO, National Congress of Black Women; Melanie Campbell, President, National Coalition of Black Civic Participation; Barbara Anrwine, Founder/President, Transformative Change Coalition; Marbre-Stahly-Butts, Convener, Policy Table, Movement for Black Lives; Jasiri X, hip hop Activist, Founder, One Hood Media Center; Janice Mathis, Executive Director, National Council of Negro Women; Pastor Michael McBride, Co-Founder, Black Church PAC; Larry Hamm, Chairman, People's Organization for Progress; Fredrica Bey, Founder, Women In Support of the Million Man March Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.com 

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Joy Reid is the host of The Reid Out, making her the first and only Black woman to host a prime-time cable news program. Today she moderates a panel that discusses the possibility that the GOP is targeting the Black church in order to win the Georgia runoff election, which is happening today. Panelists include: The Rev. Timothy McDonald III, founder of the African American Ministers Leadership Council, President of the African American Ministers in Action of People for the American Way and is Senior Pastor of the First Iconium Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where he has served since 1984; The Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Hale, founder and Senior Pastor of the Ray of Hope Christian Church in Decatur, Georgia; Bishop Reginald Thomas Jackson is the presiding prelate of the Sixth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church which encompasses over 500 churches in the state of Georgia; The Rev. Dr. Neichelle Guidry is the Dean of the Chapel and the Director of the WISDOM Center at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.com 

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On the Bus with The Black Church PAC for Georgia Runoffs GOTV with Bishop William Murphy of the dReam Center Church; Rev. Jamal Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church; Rev. Dr. E. Dewey Smith of the House of Hope; Rev. Daunta Long of Seed Planters Church; Monica Green of Black Voters Matter; and Rev. Barrett Berry of Empowered Living Church Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.com 

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This year’s Kwanzaa theme is “Kwanzaa and the well-being of the world: living and uplifting the seven principles” and Mark talks with the creator, Pan-African activist and academic Dr. Maulana Karenga, to welcome the holiday and give context to the holiday’s purpose. Pastor William H. Lamar of of the historic Metropolitan AME Church where Black Lives Matters signs and banners were destroyed a couple weeks ago during pro-Trump rallies. Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.com 

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This year’s Kwanzaa theme is “Kwanzaa and the well-being of the world: living and uplifting the seven principles” and Mark talks with the creator, Pan-African activist and academic Dr. Maulana Karenga, to welcome the holiday and give context to the holiday’s purpose. On this sixth day of Kwanzaa, we look back at Mark’s conversation with Jessica Care Moore, a critically acclaimed poet with numerous collections, the founder and CEO of Moore Black Press, Executive Producer of Black WOMEN Rock!, and Founder of the literacy-driven Jess Care Moore Foundation. Her latest poetry collection, "We Want Our Bodies Back," is out now, and she talks with Mark about generating income as artists (especially in uncertain times like we're experiencing right now), seeking comfort in black artistry, perfecting her craft with nothing more than library books, and lifting up other women in the arts. Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.com 

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This year’s Kwanzaa theme is “Kwanzaa and the well-being of the world: living and uplifting the seven principles” and Mark talks with the creator, Pan-African activist and academic Dr. Maulana Karenga, to welcome the holiday and give context to the holiday’s purpose. For this fifth day of Kwanzaa, we take a listen to Mark’s conversation with DCP Entertainment CEO Chris Colbert, who introduced us to his new podcast project, “Say Their Name,” which features stories he collected while traveling around the country speaking to Black families who lost loved ones to police violence. Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.com 

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This year’s Kwanzaa theme is “Kwanzaa and the well-being of the world: living and uplifting the seven principles” and Mark talks with the creator, Pan-African activist and academic Dr. Maulana Karenga, to welcome the holiday and give context to the holiday’s purpose. For this day of Kwanzaa, we’re featuring Mark’s conversation with Marc Morial, President of the National Urban League, who says the phenomenon of today in Black America is the working poor: great jobs, prestigious degrees, but salaries that haven't kept up with inflation and therefore keeps Black people earning an average of $30,000 dollars less than white families per year. And that's just one piece of the pie, as we're facing a health crisis that is spurring on an economic crisis, and simultaneously is the racial justice crisis. Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.com 

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