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Caribbean Matters: US media ignores Puerto Rico’s June gubernatorial primary
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Caribbean Matters: US media ignores Puerto Rico’s June gubernatorial primary

While U.S. media continues to focus on all things Donald Trump and the upcoming presidential election, the politics of our Puerto Rican colony continue to take a backseat.� There was some coverage ...

09:25 AM - May 30, 2024
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VP Kamala Harris Roundup - "Our freedoms and our very democracy are at stake."
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VP Kamala Harris Roundup - "Our freedoms and our very democracy are at stake."

Tuesday (May21) VP Harris delivered a fiery� keynote address �at the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Quadrennial Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Throughout her speech, SEIU ...

08:10 AM - May 28, 2024
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The Memorial Day history forgot: The martyrs of the race course
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The Memorial Day history forgot: The martyrs of the race course

It has become a Daily Kos tradition for me to republish this Memorial Day story I wrote in 2016. Some of the links and text has been updated. I have ancestors, Black and white, who fought for ...

08:55 AM - May 27, 2024
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Black Music Sunday: Remembering Miles Davis on his 98th birthday
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Black Music Sunday: Remembering Miles Davis on his 98th birthday

Miles Dewey Davis III was born on May 26, 1926, in Alton, Illinois. Today would have been his 98th birthday. He joined the ancestors on Sept. 28, 1991, but his impact on the world of music lives on.

09:04 AM - May 26, 2024
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Caribbean Matters: It's World Turtle Day. Caribbean people are fighting to protect them
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Caribbean Matters: It's World Turtle Day. Caribbean people are fighting to protect them

The mainstream U.S. media’s minimal coverage of the Caribbean mostly focuses on hurricanes, political turmoil, or tourism. But the Caribbean is also home to many of the world’s endangered animal ...

08:34 AM - May 23, 2024
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Black Kos: Support Fulton County DA Fani Willis. Primary election is today. Commentary by Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver Velez
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Black Kos: Support Fulton County DA Fani Willis. Primary election is today.

Commentary by Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver-Velez While Donnie Dump’s trial in Manhattan has sucked up all the mainstream media coverage, let us not forget that Fulton County DA Fani Willis is still living with right-wing threats of violence, and is...

05:15 PM - May 21, 2024
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VP Kamala Harris Roundup - "Kick that f-ing door down."
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VP Kamala Harris Roundup - "Kick that f-ing door down."

May is Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month and Vice President Kamala Harris made headlines by using the word “f-ing” in her� ...

08:14 AM - May 21, 2024
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Asante sana, Sis! 🙏🏾 I look forward to your Sunday posts. I’m going to spend a quiet afternoon reading and listening to the audio clips that you posted. Continue to heal. ❤️
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what's sad is that even though there is an entire TV NETWORK that is immersed in weather and the effects of CLIMATE CHANGE and it's effects on THE WEATHER (that i watch daily), the state of FLORIDUH thinks they can stop hurricane season by banning the use of the term CLIMATE CHANGE...
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Black Music Sunday: Honoring Fats Waller, Andy Razaf, and Tin Pan Alley
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Black Music Sunday: Honoring Fats Waller, Andy Razaf, and Tin Pan Alley

The late, great� stride pianist and organist Fats Waller’s birthday is May 21. Often overlooked is his prodigious record as a songwriter during the heyday of Tin Pan Alley​​ — a period in ...

09:06 AM - May 19, 2024
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Caribbean Matters: Flooding worsens amid predictions of severe hurricane season
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Caribbean Matters: Flooding worsens amid predictions of severe hurricane season

A scary time of year is approaching as the Atlantic hurricane season is usually predicted to take place from June 1 through Nov. 30, and National Hurricane Preparedness Week took place last week ...

08:46 AM - May 16, 2024
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Black Music Sunday: Celebrate Mother’s Day with blues and jazz
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Black Music Sunday: Celebrate Mother’s Day with blues and jazz

It’s a Mother’s Day tradition here on Black Music Sunday to celebrate mothers and other nurturing folks with music from multiple genres. This Mother’s Day installment will be no different. ...

09:26 AM - May 12, 2024
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Caribbean Matters: Haiti’s unelected new leaders create more chaos
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Caribbean Matters: Haiti’s unelected new leaders create more chaos

Haiti’s new�unelected governing body, the Transitional Presidential Council, was sworn in on April 25. As Reuters notes , “[t]he transitional government's mandate runs until February 2026, by ...

09:34 AM - May 09, 2024
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VP Kamala Harris Roundup - Freedom to Thrive
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VP Kamala Harris Roundup - Freedom to Thrive

Monday (Apr. 29) Vice President Harris visited Atlanta, Georgia to kick off her national “ Fight for Economic Opportunity Tour ”. Due to the dearth�of information from the MSM as to what the ...

08:10 AM - May 07, 2024
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Black Music Sunday: A jazzy bouquet for May, starring Billy Strayhorn
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Black Music Sunday: A jazzy bouquet for May, starring Billy Strayhorn

April showers are behind us, according� to the famous song . Keeping those flowers that bloom in May in mind, it’s time to play a musical bouquet—brought to us by�instrumental and vocal jazz ...

09:44 AM - May 05, 2024
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Black Music Sunday: A month of Duke Ellington tributes comes to an end
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Black Music Sunday: A month of Duke Ellington tributes comes to an end

As� Duke Ellington wrote �in his memoir, published the year before he died: “What is music to you? What would you be without music? Music is everything.” I read his words and wonder:�What would ...

09:10 AM - Apr 28, 2024
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Stephan A Smith needs to call Mr. Legend and take a class on how to speak about the MORON. There are no ifs and or buts when that racist POS name comes up
05:17 PM - Apr 23, 2024
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Black Kos: John Legend talks about the criminal injustice system, bail reform and racist Trump
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Black Kos: John Legend talks about the criminal injustice system, bail reform and racist Trump

Thank you, John Legend Commentary by Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver-Velez It’s important to applaud our celebrities when they use their enormous social media platforms to fight for us — and to ...

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Re-posting for his birthday today "Charles Mingus: The legendary bassist takes a bow" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/11/8/1991792/-Charles-Mingus-The-legendary-bassist-takes-a-bow
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Charles Mingus: The legendary bassist takes a bow

When we talk about jazz, and famous jazz musicians, and we listen to�and examine trios, quartets, and even larger groups, discussion usually centers on the pianist, the horn players, or drummers.� ...

09:59 AM - Apr 22, 2024
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Black Music Sunday: A birthday tribute to jazz icon Slide Hampton
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Black Music Sunday: A birthday tribute to jazz icon Slide Hampton

Our celebration of� Jazz Appreciation Month 2024 �honors musicians who were born in April while highlighting the contributions made to jazz by Duke Ellington. This week,�let’s pay tribute to ...

09:27 AM - Apr 21, 2024
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Black Kos, Week In Review - Buffalo Soldiers in the Spanish-American War
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Black Kos, Week In Review - Buffalo Soldiers in the Spanish-American War

History of � Buffalo Soldiers in�the Spanish-American War BY DOPPER0189, BLACK KOS MANAGING EDITOR On February 15th, � 1898, over 250 American sailors were killed when the battleship Maine blew ...

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Caribbean Matters: Sargassum seaweed continues to spread
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Caribbean Matters: Sargassum seaweed continues to spread

Sargassum seaweed is back, and massive amounts of it continue to create major problems across the Caribbean, impacting�people’s health, the environment, and the tourism industry. The situation is ...

09:01 AM - Apr 18, 2024
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Thank you, Sis.🙏🏾 I look forward to your posts every week. I hope you are healing and feeling wonderful.❤️
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Great ladies indeed. The only one I had the pleasure of hearing was Ella. I was in grade school when Billie died.
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Black Music Sunday: Happy birthday to 3 great ladies of jazz!
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Black Music Sunday: Happy birthday to 3 great ladies of jazz!

Since April is� Jazz Appreciation Month, and� because so many of the finest practitioners of the genre were born this month, let’s pay a special birthday tribute to three of the all-time top jazz ...

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Caribbean Matters: Puerto Ricans are losing Puerto Rico to a tax scam
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Caribbean Matters: Puerto Ricans are losing Puerto Rico to a tax scam

Mainland U.S. residents�who are not Puerto Rican rarely pay attention to the politics of the island. If there is a hurricane, or some other natural disaster there, media will cover it, but soon ...

09:08 AM - Apr 11, 2024
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I missed this the other day, but I am very partial to the Duke, having performed in Europe in Sophisticated Ladies. Love so, so many of his songs.

My go-to for instrumental jazz music is Stanley Turrentine
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Black Kos: The Little Rock Nine, Paul McCartney's 'Blackbird' & Beyoncé. Commentary by Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver-Velez https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/9/2233863/-Black-Kos-The-Little-Rock-Nine-Paul-McCartney-s-B...
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Black Kos: The Little Rock Nine, Paul McCartney's 'Blackbird' & Beyoncé

Beyoncé sings Paul McCartney’s “Blackbird” and draws attention to civil rights history Commentary by Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver-Velez It’s been crazy enough in this country with ...

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VP Kamala Harris Roundup - Power to the people through community based climate projects
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VP Kamala Harris Roundup - Power to the people through community based climate projects

Thursday (Apr.4) VP Kamala Harris made her fourth trip to North Carolina this year, her second to Charlotte, NC to� announce �selections for $20 ...

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Am voting for Alsobrooks! Shes great. She’s up against a gazillionaire who poured tons of money into his campaign. 😡
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