The Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association joins.

National Association of Black Journalists President and Editor At Large of The 19th Errin Haines joins.

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Dietra Trent, Executive Director of the White House Initiative on HBCU's announces the Biden-⁠Harris Administration's$1.3 Billion in Additional Funding for HBCUs; former Commerce Secretary Willam Daley on the Presidential campaign; and A'Shanti Golar, President of Emerge, on training Democratic women to run for office.

The DNC Chair joins.

Markos of DailyKos joins Rev. Mark for this week's #ThursdayKos!

The New Jersey Governor discusses the campaign, and the founder of Freedom Road addresses the elephant in the room--Gaza--with the Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. and Stacy Brown, President and National Correspondent, respectively, of the National Newspaper Publisher Association, and Rev. Mark at the DNC Convention in Chicago.

Markos joins this week's #ThursdayKos with the latest aggregate polling, and projects MI and WI for Harris with AZ, GA, NC, NV and PA still in play.

Nevada Democratic Party Chair Daniele Monroe-Moreno and Kansas Democratic Party Chair Jeanna Repass sit down with National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President, the Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Board Chair Bobby Henry and Rev. Mark at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

The former Wisconsin Democratic Senate Nominee and the former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, respectively, join Rev. Mark and the Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, during the 2024 Democratic National Convention.

Markos and Rev. Mark recap the DNC and preview post-Labor Day polls on this week's Thursday Kos

OneGoal CEO Melissa Connelly on ensuring all students have an equitable opportunity to earn a postsecondary degree or credential through working with students from their junior year through college, offering a credit-bearing course and ongoing mentorship.

Markos and Rev. Mark preview the 2024 Democratic National Convention on #ThursdayKos.

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Giuliana Conti, PhD, and Jason Rawls, Professor of Hip Hop,The Ohio State University, discuss Music Workshop's new Hip Hop Course!

Andrea Black Evans, Executive Director of the Surge Institute, discusses the progress and setbacks in education equality since Brown v. Board. Evans shares insights on the Surge Institute's mission to empower black and brown educational leaders, providing them with the skills and support to challenge and change the system.

Markos joins for Thursday Kos.

Author Brea Baker on Election 2024 and her new book, Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership

Frederick Douglass. Rochester, New York. July 5. 1852.

Markos joins #ThursdayKos to role play tonight's debate as Biden, while Rev. Mark role plays Trump, and to discuss how Biden maneuvered Trump into an early debate, which Markos believes works in Biden's favor. Both agree Biden needs to simply appear coherent to debunk Republican allegations of cognitive decline.

And Markos lists 11 reasons why he believes Biden will win the upcoming election, including Trump's demographic max-out, Dems special election performance, and the impact of Trump's legal troubles, how inflation and immigration might affect voter sentiments.

And it would not be a show without mentioning the insane QAnon conspiracy theories surrounding Biden, including the one that suggests Biden has several body doubles. 😳

Markos joins for Thursday Kos.

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.

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.

Katie Keith, Deputy Director of the White House Gender Policy Council joins, followed by Markos Moulitsas for Thursday Kos.

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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

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.

Dr. Brenda M. Greene of the National Black Writers Conference joins.

Markos joins for Thursday Kos.

Markos joins for Thursday Kos and Shailen Bhatt, DOT Federal Highway Administrator, joins to discuss the tragedy in Baltimore.

Markos joins for Thursday Kos.

Chad Stone, Chief Economist for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Tom Perez, WH Dire of Intergovernmental Affairs, both join.

Markos joins for Thursday Kos

White House Director of Public Engagement Steven Benjamin and Intergovernmental Affairs Director Tom Perez join.

Markos and Rev. Mark discuss it all on this week's Thursday Kos!

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Kirabo Jackson of the WH Council of Economic Advisors, Tom Perez, WH Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and Chad Stone, Chief Economist of the Center on Budget discuss the January 2024 Jobs Report.

Markos joins for Thursday Kos.

Markos joins for Thursday Kos. (The medium first to report on the GOP's Taylor Swift obsession. ;-) )

Monifa Bandele, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at

MomsRising, on her organization's 2024 priorities.

• Christine Linke Young, Deputy Assistant to the President for Health and Veterans Affairs, on the ACA
• Joelle Gamble, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, and Kirabo Jackson, Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, on the Consumer Price Index
• Ben Miller, Deputy Undersecretary at the Department of Education, on student loan debt

Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos joins for the first Thursday Kos of 2024!

Dr. Maulana Karenga is Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, California State University-Long Beach; Executive Director, African American Cultural Center (Us); Creator of Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba; and author of Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture and Introduction to Black Studies, 4th Edition.

For these books and others, including, Kawaida and Questions of Life and Struggle, Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics, Introduction to Black Studies, 4th Edition, Husia: Sacred Wisdom of Ancient Egypt and Odu Ifa:The Ethical Teachings, please visit www.sankorebooks.com.

For more on Kwanzaa and Dr. Karenga, www.OfficialKwanzaaWebsite.org and www.MaulanaKarenga.org.

Dr. Maulana Karenga is Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, California State University-Long Beach; Executive Director, African American Cultural Center (Us); Creator of Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba; and author of Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture and Introduction to Black Studies, 4th Edition.

For these books and others, including, Kawaida and Questions of Life and Struggle, Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics, Introduction to Black Studies, 4th Edition, Husia: Sacred Wisdom of Ancient Egypt and Odu Ifa:The Ethical Teachings, please visit www.sankorebooks.com.

For more on Kwanzaa and Dr. Karenga, www.OfficialKwanzaaWebsite.org and www.MaulanaKarenga.org.

Dr. Maulana Karenga is Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, California State University-Long Beach; Executive Director, African American Cultural Center (Us); Creator of Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba; and author of Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture and Introduction to Black Studies, 4th Edition.

For these books and others, including, Kawaida and Questions of Life and Struggle, Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics, Introduction to Black Studies, 4th Edition, Husia: Sacred Wisdom of Ancient Egypt and Odu Ifa:The Ethical Teachings, please visit www.sankorebooks.com.

For more on Kwanzaa and Dr. Karenga, www.OfficialKwanzaaWebsite.org and www.MaulanaKarenga.org.

Dr. Maulana Karenga is Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, California State University-Long Beach; Executive Director, African American Cultural Center (Us); Creator of Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba; and author of Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture and Introduction to Black Studies, 4th Edition.

For these books and others, including, Kawaida and Questions of Life and Struggle, Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics, Introduction to Black Studies, 4th Edition, Husia: Sacred Wisdom of Ancient Egypt and Odu Ifa:The Ethical Teachings, please visit www.sankorebooks.com.

For more on Kwanzaa and Dr. Karenga, www.OfficialKwanzaaWebsite.org and www.MaulanaKarenga.org.

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Attorneys Adam Levitt and Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann of DiCello Levitt on how the only 48% of Black and only 56% of Latino mortgages were approved by Navy Federal Credit Union while White borrowers were approved at a rate of 77%.

Dr. Maulana Karenga is Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, California State University-Long Beach; Executive Director, African American Cultural Center (Us); Creator of Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba; and author of Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture and Introduction to Black Studies, 4th Edition.

For these books and others, including, Kawaida and Questions of Life and Struggle, Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics, Introduction to Black Studies, 4th Edition, Husia: Sacred Wisdom of Ancient Egypt and Odu Ifa:The Ethical Teachings, please visit www.sankorebooks.com.

For more on Kwanzaa and Dr. Karenga, www.OfficialKwanzaaWebsite.org and www.MaulanaKarenga.org.

Dr. Maulana Karenga is Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, California State University-Long Beach; Executive Director, African American Cultural Center (Us); Creator of Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba; and author of Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture and Introduction to Black Studies, 4th Edition.

For these books and others, including, Kawaida and Questions of Life and Struggle, Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics, Introduction to Black Studies, 4th Edition, Husia: Sacred Wisdom of Ancient Egypt and Odu Ifa:The Ethical Teachings, please visit www.sankorebooks.com.

For more on Kwanzaa and Dr. Karenga, www.OfficialKwanzaaWebsite.org and www.MaulanaKarenga.org.