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MIP | Make It Plain with Rev. Mark Thompson Make It Plain with Rev. Mark Thompson
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- Society & Culture
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, entertainers and athletes alike make MIP a frequent sojourn.
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There is a Racial Divide in the Air
Dr. Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, MD, MS, American Lung Association Spokesperson and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and Wynn Welch, Wisconsin COPD sufferer and three-time cancer survivor, whose breathing is impacted during poor air quality days, join to discuss the Association's State of the Air Report.
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SEIU Launches Virginia State Council
32BJ SEIU Executive Vice President Jaime Contreras and SEIU Virginia 512 President LaNoral Thomas join to discuss repealing the 45-year ban on local collective bargaining, winning union rights for tens of thousands of workers, and negotiating historic contracts to raise pay and benefits in the important electoral swing state.
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Emergency Contraception and Presidential Immunity | SCOTUS Endangers Us All
Katie Keith, Deputy Director of the White House Gender Policy Council joins, followed by Markos Moulitsas for Thursday Kos.
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The Jazz Doesn't Play Itself: How New Orleans’ Approach to Sustainable Tourism Directly Supports Local Artists and Creatives
Big Chief Dow Edwards, of the Timbuktu Warriors Mardi Gras Indians and the New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund (NOTCF), Don Marshall, Executive Director of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival & Foundation and Kevin Wlikins, CEO and founder of Trepwise, a New Orleans based strategy consulting firm join to discuss:
The NOTCF's role in pooling a percentage of state and local taxes from hotel occupancy into a fund that is used to sponsor cultural events and provide support to artists and musicians; funding music programs in local schools; and literacy training that opens up pathways into businesses for local artists to get lending and mortgages for their businesses
With the proceeds from the annual Jazz & Heritage Festival, the Jazz and Heritage Foundation's music school, as well as its partnership with schools to teach local students and future musicians; its historic Archive; and, in the last two years, its Music Relief Fund, which has provided more than $2 million dollars supporting musicians, music industry gig workers, Black Masking Indians and other indigenous cultural practitioners
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The Difference African Culture and Arts Make In Children's Lives
Nana Kofi Osei Williams and April Silver join to discuss the Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation and its upcoming May 14 Dreams in Action Gala.
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The State of Black Literature
Dr. Brenda M. Greene of the National Black Writers Conference joins.
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