by Black Kos Editor, Justice Putnam When I finally matured from what I considered my juvenile stage of writing in my early-20’s, I endeavored to practice Form in a more conscious way. While most of my...

By Black Kos Editor, Muriel Vieux Sounds of Haitian music in English Hello everyone this is my first post on Black Kos so I’m just dipping my toes in. #ThePoet Most folks don’t know that quite a few…

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by Justice Putnam, Black Kos Editor Nolan Wells didn’t have any water in his lungs. Seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin didn’t attack an angry adult in the rain with a bag of Skittles and a bottle of…

by Justice Putnam, Black Kos Editor When the White House Press Pool stood up to the Mad King’s demand to ban the Free Press from the White House grounds, we were reminded of the AP’s lawsuit from 2025...

Make me smile, make me laugh by Chitown Kev With human extinction due to arrive by 2030 (at least according to a few artificial intelligence workers and CEOs), rising prices on, like, everything…

by Black Kos Editor, Justice Putnam When I was a young father and husband in my mid-20’s, attending Portland State University to finish out my undergrad degree, one of the many jobs to make ends meet…

by Black Kos Editor, Justice Putnam It was the best of conversations, and it was the worst of conversations I had with a white progressive friend recently. I appreciate this particular friend’s tactic...

The Brazilian Muslim slave rebellion BY DOPPER0189, BLACK KOS MANAGING EDITOR The Malê Rebellion in Brazil, also known as The Great Revolt, was a Muslim slave rebellion in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil…

Note: No commentary from me today but the opportunity did present itself to do a Black Kos news roundup and I jumped on it! Chitown Kev News round up by Chitown Kev Black Kos Editor…

by Black Kos Editor, Justice Putnam On this day, 28 Aug 1955, when I was six months old, 14-year-old Emmett Till was abducted by two white supremacists and brutally murdered while visiting relatives…

by Black Kos Editor, Justice Putnam On 12 October 1492, Columbus landed on an island he “christened”, San Salvador. Though the indigenous peoples there had named it, Guanahani many eons before.

A note about the death of Jason Arday Commentary by Chitown Kev I have been avoiding “bad news,” generally, and anxiously anticipating the visit of my aunt and her family to Chicago to the Obama…

by Black Kos Editor, Justice Putnam In the middle of August 1936, soldiers loyal to Franco arrested Federico García Lorca at the home of his friends, the Rosales Vallecillos family in Granada.

by Black Kos Editor, Justice Putnam A literary conceit was used in Malcolm Lowry’s “Under the Volcano”, in which The Counsel carries an ever-increasing bundle of letters from his ex-wife.

Remember: Be kind to one another Commentary by Chitown Kev Primary season at Daily Kos may be both my favorite and least favorite season. It may be my favorite season because I learn where people…

Thomas L. Jennings (c. 1791 – February 12, 1859) was an African-American inventor, tradesman, entrepreneur, and abolitionist in New York City, New York. He has the distinction of being the first…

Au revoir, my friend Commentary by Chitown Kev I first met Miss Denise at the Netroots Nation conference in New Orleans in 2018. I was delighted to meet other people whom I had only known online…

My heart is broken. I lost someone who was great friend, a teacher, a fighter, and a mentor. When Denise didn’t show up to post her Tuesday shift, dependable Denise, we at the Black Kos crew were a…

Sometimes the greatest inventions are those which simplify necessary tasks. Such is the case with Jan Matzeliger – the man who made it possible for ordinary citizens to purchase shoes.

But I’ve only been in a coma for the last five years,” Roland Harris argued, “after all that physical rehab, I’m strong as an ox. I grew up on a ranch, I could dig a ditch if I had to…

by Black Kos Editor, Justice Putnam Posted by Justice Putnam at 11:49 AM The Republican Party celebrated breakthroughs with Black voters in 2024. But all of that progress is now being threatened as…

Many of the great contributions that Black people have made in the United States have often been overlooked. In other cases their work and scientific discoveries were stolen. That is the case of one…

Pride A comment by Chitown Kev It never fails to irritate me–sometimes greatly–when straight people talk and act as if queer people came out of their mother’s womb surrounded with a rainbow aura…

Barbara Hillary (June 12, 1931 – November 23, 2019) was an American nurse, publisher, adventurer, and inspirational speaker. Hillary life is a testament to being courageous and resilient at all phases...

Welcome back, Serena! Commentary by Chitown Kev I missed the GOAT! And earlier today, 23-time Grand Slam singles champion (14 womens Grand Slam doubles championships) Serena Williams was BACK playing…

by Black Kos Editor, Justice Putnam The Prison Industrial Complex insists that it is a growth industry; and it’s hard to argue with that assessment. With the building of ever more prisons…

Commentary by Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver Velez We’ve got Pride Month and Caribbean Heritage month starting today but I’m choosing to write about Dorothy West. She was someone from the Harlem…

Pope Leo XIV hits several historical and modern “dogs” with the “Magnifica Humanitas” encyclical Commentary by Chitown Kev I’m not Catholic but a significant portion of my education occurred at Jesuit...

The Justice Department confirmed that it had deleted the press releases as part of “stripping DOJ’s website of partisan propaganda.”

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Hawaii is giving Citizens United a run for its money

by Justice Putnam, Black Kos Editor Well into Trump’s first term, in the middle of the summer of 2018, I thought to the middle of the summer, 200 years before, when Percy Shelley’s sonnet, Ozymandias…

Malcolm X:An American Hero Commentary from Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver- Velez We celebrate today the birth of Malcolm X – born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19…

Mustafa Azemmouri (c. 1500–1539), better known by his slave name Estevanico (“Little Stephen”), was a Moroccan explorer from Azemmour, and a servant from Spain, who became the first African explorer…

Black folks vote for the Democratic Party because the party delivers Commentary by Chitown Kev I’m sure that everyone here has heard by now the commentary of loudmouth sports journalist Stephen A.

by Black Kos Editor, Justice Putnam Much has been written about Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem, The Ballad of Rudolph Reed. It has been speculated that Brooks was condemning the reaction Reed took to the…

Commentary by Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver -Velez Across the U.S. Mexican-Americans and other folks are celebrating today May5th as “Cinco de Mayo” It’s a history that for the most part has been…