Make It Plain with Mark Thompson

Anthony T. Browder continues his Black History Month lessons MIP and today digs into a religious word we’re all familiar with: “Amen.” Did you know it’s actually an ancient Egyptian term? Anthony is an author, publisher, cultural historian, artist, and educational consultant. He is the founder and director of IKG Cultural Resources, as well as the director of the ASA Restoration Project, and has devoted 43 years researching ancient Egyptian history, science, philosophy and culture. Diving further into language origins, Anthony shows us how it is crucial in reclaiming history. And did you know we’re all using “pharaoh” incorrectly? After Mark’s chat with Anthony, we hear from Chad Stone, Chief Economist at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, who gives us the bullet points from the January jobs report. The numbers were pleasantly surprising, as major losses were predicted, but Chad reviews the jobs report story going back to 2020’s initial recession, and how Black unemployment is still “disturbingly hig