Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark Thompson

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The Rev. Mark A. Thompson has spent most of his life as a political, civil rights & human rights activist and organizer. He not only has been a part of every major social justice movement & event over the past 35 years, he has also been a radio broadcaster for three decades, and he has spent over 10 years as a television commentator, as well. Mark, hosts Make It Plain, a political, human rights and non-mainstream news podcast. Mark’s lifelong social justice activism intersects with his years of experience broadcasting the news and issues of the day. Newsmakers, politicos, policy-makers, entert...

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Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark Thompson

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100 Years of Arrests and Targeting of African American Journalists 02.02.2026 42:48

The Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

African American Journalists "Are Foundational To Black History" #GeorgiaFort #DonLemon 02.02.2026 11:14

National Association of Black Journalists President and Editor At Large of The 19th Errin Haines joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

ICE's Violence, Voter Rolls and Election Intimidation 29.01.2026 42:05

Markos of Daily Kos joins for #ThursdayKos Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

"Venezuela is Minneapolis...We are in the same struggle." 26.01.2026 53:17

The Honorable Fravia Marquez, Advisor to Venezuela's National Assembly and Spokeswoman to Cumbe International (African Descendants in the Americas) Fravia Marquez and Obi Egbuna, External Relations Officer of the Zimbabwe Cuba Friendship Association and Co-founder of the Shirley Graham Du Bois-William Worthy Media and Friendship Collective, with the latest on Venezuela. Advertising Inquiries:...

Beyond Borders: Martin Luther King, Jr., Africa and Pan-Africanism 19.01.2026 57:30

The author, Dr. Jeremy Levitt , joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

ICE's Killings of Keith Porter and Renee Good 13.01.2026 38:19

Melina Abdullah of BLM Grassroots and Annastacia Belladonna-Carrera of Common Cause Minnesota join. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Latest from Caracas, Venezuela 12.01.2026 43:08

Gabriel Aguirre of World Beyond War joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What Do Venezuela, Congo And Nigeria Have In Common? 05.01.2026 55:20

Congolese Activist, Kamabale Musavuli , and Navy veteran and intelligence expert, Malcolm Nance , join. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Imani 2025! Day 7 of Kwanzaa with Founder Dr. Maulana Karenga 01.01.2026 17:56

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Kuumba 2025! Day 6 of Kwanzaa with Founder Dr. Maulana Karenga 31.12.2025 11:44

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Nia 2025! Day 5 of Kwanzaa with Founder Dr. Maulana Karenga 30.12.2025 11:56

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Ujamaa 2025! Day 4 of Kwanzaa with Founder Dr. Maulana Karenga 29.12.2025 24:54

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Ujima 2025! Day 4 of Kwanzaa with Founder Dr. Maulana Karenga 28.12.2025 22:14

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Kujichagulia 2025! Day 2 of Kwanzaa with Founder Dr. Maulana Karenga 27.12.2025 13:36

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Umoja 2025! Day 1 of Kwanzaa with Founder Dr. Maulana Karenga 26.12.2025 27:44

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Red Flags: Exposing the Manosphere and Protecting Your Heart 22.12.2025 59:59

Kiddada Grey joins to discuss her new book . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Enslavement in Ken Burns' "The American Revolution" 15.12.2025 46:36

Historian and Columbia University Professor Christopher Brown, featured in Ken Burns' latest PBS documentary, The American Revolution , joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Why Miami is the Bellwether of the Anti-Trump Backlash 11.12.2025 35:48

Markos joins Thursday Kos to discuss the Democrat elected Miami Mayor this week. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Crisis in Housing and Homeownership in the DMV 08.12.2025 53:20

Reverend Dr. William Bennett of Good Success Church, Dr. A. Lionel Edmonds of Mount Lebanon Baptist Church, and Reverend William Spencer of Alfred Street Baptist Church join MIP on 89.3 wpfw.org to discuss the spiritual and social responsibility of churches during a time of intense housing stress. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What We Can Learn Form The TN-7 Special Election 04.12.2025 35:13

Markos joins for Thursday Kos. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Unanswered Questions Around The National Guard Shooting 01.12.2025 54:17

Intelligence veteran Malcolm Nance joins to discuss the case of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the individual suspected of shooting Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe, both uniformed members of the West Virginia National Guard on November 26. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

WeAintBuyingIt.com Economic Noncooperation Campaign Nov. 27 - Dec. 1 17.11.2025 19:37

LaTosha Brown and Cliff Albright of Black Voters Matter and Tamika Mallory of Until Freedom join to discuss the WeAintBuyingIt.com Economic Noncooperation Campaign Nov. 27 - Dec.1 encouraging consumers to withhold spending from Target, Amazon and Home Depot. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Meet Roxanne Brown, The First African American And The First Woman President Of The United Steelworkers 17.11.2025 32:42

The President-Elect of the largest industrial union in North America joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Eight Dems Annul The Election Celebration Before The Honeymoon Ends 13.11.2025 25:52

Markos joins for Thursday Kos. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

How Black Women Won The Election For Us and Unarmed Black Man Shot At By Federal Police 10.11.2025 53:00

Attorney E. Paige White joins to discuss the case of Philip Brown, who was shot at by federal agents when stopped for dark tints in D.C. by Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers, along with federal agents from Homeland Security Investigation, United States Customs and Border Patrol, Diplomatic Security Service, United States Marshall Service and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, as part of Do...