Denise Oliver Velez's Profile
Feminist, Activist, former Young Lords Party and Black Panther Party member, applied cultural anthropologist Follow @Deoliver47
Groups: Daily Kos, White Privilege Working Group, History for Kossacks, Pink Clubhouse, DKos Cannabis Law and Drug War Reform, Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Native American Netroots, An Ear for Music, Personal Storytellers, Daily Kos World of Warcraft Guild, Black Kos community, Genealogy and Family History Community, Protest Music, LatinoKos, TransAction, Progressive Friends of the Library Newsletter, ClassWarfare Newsletter: WallStreet VS Working Class Global Occupy movement, Haiti Book Diary, Moose On The Loose, Mental Health Awareness, HIV AIDS Action, Nuclear Free DK, DK Video Busters, Daily Kos Foreign Language Edition Group Newsletter, Daily Kos Phazebook Progressive Social Networking Group, Abolish the Death Penalty, DKOMA, Slavery in the United States - History, APA Kos : Asian/Pacific Americans at DailyKos, East Africa Food Crisis: 48 Hours of Action, Discussing Race At Daily Kos, Barriers and Bridges, Invisible People, The Durban Daily, Bloggers Against Torture, Jews For President Obama, Community Fundraisers, RaceGender DiscrimiNATION, Art Journaling for Progressives, Remembering LGBT History, Okiciyap (we help), New York Hudson Valley Kossacks, Shut Down the NRA, Hunger in America, Justice Gone Wrong, Trial Watch, Support the Dream Defenders, Prison Watch, Firearms Law and Policy, Support Michelle Obama, Economy is Worse Than You Think, GOTV 2018, KosLit, Bring Home our Girls, African Issues, SpiritSisters, DK Fans of 90 for 90, 50 State Strategy Project, Crowdsourcing the 50 State Strategy, Moral Movement Forward Together, A Home for Wings and Aji, Fighting and Defeating the Neo Nazis, Foster Campbell 2016, A Lake for Lin: Supporting an Eco-Warrior In the Fight of Her Life
Diaries published: 769 (4 days since last diary on Sun Jan 15, 2017 at 06:00 AM PST)
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Most Recommended Diary: My response to David Brooks in the NYT, 804 comments, 1634 recommends
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The third Monday of January marks the celebration of the federal holiday honoring the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., born on Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Across the nation, ...
by Denise Oliver Velez
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on Sun Jan 15, 2017 at 06:00 AM PST
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Donald Trump isn’t the only malignant bigot lashing out at John Lewis for speaking his truth. Fascist fact-free filmmaker and serial liar Dinesh (who is a felonious mess) D’Souza had to put his tarnished two cents into the Trump twitter travesty.
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by Denise Oliver Velez
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on Sat Jan 14, 2017 at 02:37 PM PST
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Visitors to Durham, North Carolina, may see an unfamiliar face in the murals painted on walls throughout the city by Face Up: Telling Stories of Community Life , a collaborative public art ...
by Denise Oliver Velez
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on Sun Jan 08, 2017 at 06:00 AM PST
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New Year’s Day is traditionally a time when people make resolutions, sleep late after partying, and watch college bowl games and parades (when it does not fall on a Sunday). Historic events that ...
by Denise Oliver Velez
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on Sun Jan 01, 2017 at 06:00 AM PST
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In 1947, Oscar,Tony and Grammy award-winning songwriter Frank Loesser , wrote “ What are you doing New Years Eve?”’
" What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? " is a ...
by Denise Oliver Velez
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on Sat Dec 31, 2016 at 01:00 PM PST
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It’s holiday music time again, and this year we have a stocking stuffed with vocal sounds from a capella groups who sing and swing holiday music without instruments—their voices provide the ...
by Denise Oliver Velez
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on Sun Dec 25, 2016 at 04:00 PM PST
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- Years ago, when I was just starting to show my musical compositions to other people, two or three of them remarked that I must have been influenced by Paul Hindemith. I had heard the name, but I ...9 comments 10 Recs
- 2017-01-17 00:00:24 - 2017-01-17 23:54:24 DailyKos stories = 222; 222 per day; 9.2 per hour Yesterday 169 Kogs posted 222 stories of which 212 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1789 recommending readers; 118 stories were recommended by...2 comments 6 Recs
- by Bill Moyers & Michael Winship Over the holidays, John Farrell, author of an upcoming biography of Richard Nixon, wrote an op-ed piece in The New York Times confirming what many of us have known for nearly 50 years: In the fall of 1968, Nixon,...247 comments 595 Recs
- From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE… Bigly Blast from the Past Trackdown was a TV series that ran from 1957-59, and took place in the fictional Texas town of Porter following the Civil War. The great Robert Culp plays Ranger and de facto Sheriff Hoby...66 comments 67 Recs
- UPDATE: To clarify, please download the image file and re-share it by itself, not the link to this diary. I’ve put together a revised version which is more “just the facts” and which also includes some additional information about the Medicaid...87 comments 210 Recs
- WSJ : The new poll marks the first time since June 2009 that the share of respondents saying the law is a good idea has outweighed the share who said it was a “bad idea.” The “bad idea” ...299 comments 110 Recs
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- Class. Intelligence and more class are just a few of the things I will miss about you. You served us well. Definitely one of the best FLOTUS of my lifetime. Wishing you and your family good health and happiness. Happy Birthday!27 comments 87 Recs
- I Welcome to Black Kos, and to the Black Kos community. Some of you are members, some of you may be regular readers, and some of you are new. We would like to hear from you all. Now more than ever, with the election of a person who has made...269 comments 93 Recs
- Never say Donald Trump can’t multitask. In the same day he can hone his racism in tweets aimed at John Lewis and double down on The War Against Intelligence by swatting at the CIA director. Trump has a talent for hating. But CIA Director John...258 comments 252 Recs
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