by AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond America’s unions mourn the passing of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering moral force whose lifelong...
History has a way of repeating itself. Today, it rhymes with the clicking of handcuffs on two of our own: Don Lemon and Georgia Fort....
By Fred Redmond, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer In our workplaces, in our communities and in our government, the right to vote is how working people make our voices...
Career US Navy terrorism intelligence collector, code breaker, and interrogator with wide-ranging field and combat experience in the Middle East, South West Asia, and Africa and...
In a significant moment for the labor movement, Roxanne Brown, set to become the first African American woman elected as President of the United Steelworkers (USW),...
The Rev. Dr. Everett Kelley, President of the over-800,000 member American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), joined Make It Plain with Rev. Mark Thompson on WPFW-FM...
Becky Pringle, President of the largest labor union, the National Education Association (NEA), appeared on Make It Plain with Reverend Mark Thompson to demand Trump comply...
Onyx Impact has released its eye-opening BlackOut Report which reveals that the efforts to derail Black progress are not merely historical footnotes but present-day threats. In...
By Fred Redmond This Saturday marks one month of the federal government shutdown. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers—nearly 20% of whom are Black and...
By Fred Redmond During the 2024 presidential campaign, now-Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought said he wanted to put federal workers...
By Fred Redmond, AFL-CIO Secretary – Treasurer The country just celebrated Labor Day and the contributions working people and unions have made toward a more...
Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson joins Make It Plain with Rev. Mark Thompson.
by The Rev. Terrence L. Melvin, President of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Labor Day 2025 seems like a good time to ask a long...
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Fred Redmond, the highest-ranking African American in the history of the American labor movement,...
by Fred Redmond, AFL-CIO Secretary – Treasurer President Trump likes to say he is delivering for working people. He promised on the campaign trail that he...
Set against the backdrop of the NMA conference, Executive Officers from the National Medical Association, Grammy Award Winning Artist and Advocate Raheem DeVaughn, and Gilead Sciences...
On Thursday, July 17, local and national organizers will highlight the legacy of late Civil Rights leader and former Congressman John Lewis on the fifth annual...
Nathan Taylor of the Election Truth Alliance discusses 2024 Election Discrepancies on an episode of Make It Plain on WPFW-FM 89.3 Pacifica Radio with Rev. Mark...
7.2.25 via NBC 4 Washington https://youtu.be/9oZc5Sz0jQQ
During Trump’s address to Congress in March, State of the People organizers, activists and journalists stood up a 24 -hour streaming channel. As the Senate and...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 15, 2025 — Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12) led her colleagues in reintroducing the Reparations Now Resolution to call on the federal government to...
