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What the AIDS Epidemic Still Reveals About Us [Infographic]
by Hatty Lee, Kai Wright on November 29 2012, 9:54AM
Progress must be noted and celebrated. But as the data suggests, the AIDS epidemic continues to reflect this nation’s most fundamental inequities.
Topics: HIV/AIDS, Health, Kai Wright
December 1 is World AIDS Day, Find Events Near You
by Jorge Rivas on November 28 2012, 3:36PM
Every year World AIDS Day events take place across the country to raise awareness and show support for people living with HIV.
Naked HIV/AIDS Activists Arrested After They Take Over John Boehner’s Office
by Jorge Rivas on November 27 2012, 3:58PM
At least three AIDS activists were arrested on Tuesday after they and other naked demonstrators briefly took over House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) to protest budget cuts to health care services.
GMA’s Robin Roberts’ Interview with Sister Sally-Ann on MDS-Bone Marrow Treatment
by Jorge Rivas on November 21 2012, 3:24PM
“Good Morning America” host Robin Roberts says she’s doing better everyday.
HIV-Positive DREAMer in Urgent Need of Medical Care Stuck in ICE Custody
by Jorge Rivas on October 26 2012, 3:28PM
A DREAMactivist.org petition is urging ICE to immediately release and end deportation proceedings for a 27-year-old HIV-positive DREAMer that was held in a Florida detention center without medical care.
Topics: Health, Immigration, /NOW
Collateral Damage in the War on Women
by Akiba Solomon on October 11 2012, 9:54AM
Poor and uninsured women of color are starting to feel the results after two years of relentless attacks on family planning infrastructure. Akiba Solomon reports from Texas.
Topics: 2012 Election, Akiba Solomon, Gender & Sexuality, Health, War on Women
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War on Women and Its Consequences [INFOGRAPHIC]
by Hatty Lee on October 11 2012, 9:52AM
State legislatures have targeted publicly funded family planning services with unique intensity since 2010. Hatty Lee illustrates who gets hurt in the process.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Health, War on Women
Private Prison Company’s New Profit Source: Mental Health
by Seth Freed Wessler on September 6 2012, 10:00AM
The State of Texas is poised to outsource management of a public psychiatric hospital to a company that’s made its billions in the business of private criminal and civil immigration lockup.
Topics: Health
Making Mental Health Awareness Year-round
by Julianne Hing on August 2 2012, 6:31PM
So July, and National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, are over. What are you doing to take care of yourself today?
An AIDS 2012 Takeaway: More Poor, Criminalized and Marginalized Folks Belong at the Table
by Akiba Solomon on July 27 2012, 9:49AM
This week’s International AIDS Conference brought more than 20,000 top experts, activists, politicians and celebrities to the nation’s capitol to exchange ideas about how to end HIV. Here’s hoping that the next one will include more everyday people.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, HIV/AIDS, Health
Life, Love, and Risk: A Moment at the International AIDS Conference
by Jamilah King on July 26 2012, 10:00AM
Jamilah King went searching for answers to why we all take such risks in pursuit of connection. She didn’t find them, but she kept bumping up against love.
Danny Glover Speaks of Personal Loss at Int’l AIDS Conference
by Jorge Rivas on July 25 2012, 10:00AM
“This is something that we all should get involved in,” Glover said at the International AIDS Conference, whose own brother has been HIV positive for more than 20 years.
Progress on Condom Use Among Youth Slows, Drops Among Black Teens
by Kai Wright on July 24 2012, 12:36PM
After a decade of squabbling over sex ed and access to condoms, a federal health study shows a trend line suddenly inching in the wrong direction.
Topics: Health, Kai Wright, /NOW
FDA Approves Truvada, First Pill to Help Prevent HIV
by Jorge Rivas on July 16 2012, 3:24PM
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first drug shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection.
We Need Better Food. We Need Fairer Food Jobs. So Let’s Get Both.
by Rinku Sen on July 10 2012, 1:02PM
In a new report, Colorlines’ publisher asks: What could happen if the people who work to ensure good eating and those who fight for labor rights were to strategize together, and move projects that address both concerns?
Topics: Economy, Health, How We Eat, Rinku Sen
Holly Robinson Peete Rips 50 Cent Apart on Autism, Gets Him to Apologize
by Jorge Rivas on July 9 2012, 12:02PM
Rapper 50 Cent rarely apologizes for his controversial remarks but this time around not only did he delete controversial tweets, he apologized too.
The Supreme Court’s Obamacare Ruling Fails Black Women With HIV
by Akiba Solomon on July 3 2012, 10:45AM
By allowing states to choose whether or not they will expand Medicaid, the Supreme Court may have set back the fight against HIV/AIDS among poor women of color who desperately need treatment.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Health, Health Reform
#NoShameDay and the Fight to Eradicate the Stigma of Mental Illness
by Jorge Rivas on July 2 2012, 6:22PM
July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.
How the Supreme Court’s ‘Obamacare’ Ruling May Lock in Racial Inequity
by Imara Jones on June 29 2012, 9:30AM
Hold the victory celebrations. Yes, the Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate, but it set up a scary fight over Medicaid—which is the half of the law that takes on the deep racial inequity burdening our health care system.
Topics: Economy, Health, Health Reform
What Today’s Ruling Means for the Health of People of Color
by Kai Wright on June 28 2012, 10:39AM
The conversation about health care reform has been steadfastly colorblind from the start. But to the degree we’re talking about the uninsured, we’re talking in starkly racial terms.
Topics: Health, Kai Wright, /NOW
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