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Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 300 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you’ll find some familiar tunes and perhaps an introduction to something new. As Women’s History Month draws to a close I thought I’d feature Pearl Bailey, a star of both stage and screen. I covered her a…

Americans took to the streets on Saturday to declare once again that this country does not bow to a wannabe dictator. Related | This weekend's 'No Kings' protests could be the biggest yet Here are some highlights from today’s protest. Please be sure to share your favorite stories, photos, and videos in the comments below. YouTube Video Demonstrators march near the Memorial Bridge in Washington, D…

A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related | More US troops head to Mideast as diplomatic efforts to end Iran war accelerate

The national average price for a gallon of gas is $3.96 — and analysts say it could climb higher. By Amanda Watford for Stateline Gas prices are climbing again across the United States — with little clarity on where prices are headed next — spurring proposals for state gas tax holidays in the hopes of offering drivers some relief. The national average hit $3.96 per gallon Monday, up from $3.72 th…

Injustice for All is a weekly series about how the Trump administration is trying to weaponize the justice system—and the people who are fighting back. This week, in the annals of injustice, we’ve got United States Attorney for the District of D.C. Jeanine Pirro’s office misunderstanding the whole charging people with crimes thing, the DOJ insisting that all of its terrible lawyers can never suff…

A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related | Even Republicans know Trump’s SAVE Act will bite them in the ass

Images of never-ending security lines at U.S. airports and frustrating tales of missed flights are pushing panicked travelers to show up way before their departures. But some airports where the wait times have been manageable are telling passengers to stop arriving so early. In Ohio, John Glenn International Airport in Columbus says early birds — reacting to the funding standoff on Capitol Hill t…

In the latest week of chaos, President Donald Trump’s wars and tariffs continued to unmoor the economy as the GOP-driven partial government shutdown is adding to the strain on Americans already managing rising living costs, all brought on by Trump’s constant “winning.” And it was all on video. Watch clueless Ted Cruz deliver brutal self-own YouTube Video Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas delivere…

If there’s a single thread running through the top stories this past week at Daily Kos, it’s that the facade is cracking. And not just around President Donald Trump—now increasingly exposed as a demented buffoon—but across the entire ecosystem that put him back in power and continues to profit from it. You might’ve expected his track record of corruption and failure to have done it. Or his crude,…

Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of the Caribbean . When we discuss the history of American African enslavement here in the U.S., we tend to only focus on U.S. history and tend to have little interest in exploring the facts about the rest o…