In a presidential election characterized by dissatisfaction with the status quo, why are third party candidates silent on HIV? ——– What is the victory of a third party candidate in a presidential election? Surely, the simplest answer is that victory… Read More ›
AIDS
Broken Promises & Bald-Faced Lies: Clinton & Sanders Stumble Their Way Towards Support From HIV/AIDS Advocates
Under most circumstances, it would have been hard to begrudge Hillary Clinton too much for saying a few nice things about Nancy Reagan at her funeral earlier this year. Regardless of your feelings towards either woman, it is usually considered good… Read More ›
Off His Meds & Away From Reality: Charlie Sheen’s Struggles With HIV & Mental Health
Acceptance is the answer. As someone who has been through his fair share of rehabs and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, that is an axiom that I am sure Charlie Sheen is well acquainted with and, based on his history of addiction… Read More ›
In Whose Best Interest? The Ethics Surrounding the AIDS Healthcare Foundation Lawsuit
In the coming weeks, roughly 17,500 of the brightest medical minds in America will don their gowns and mortarboards and be formally welcomed as the latest initiates into the fraternity of practicing physicians. The ceremonies celebrating the accomplishments of these… Read More ›
deepsouth – A Documentary That Matters Too Much To Not Be Seen
It’s not hard to be a Monday morning activist. In fact, it’s quite natural for folks to look back at the past that other people participated in and convince themselves that they would’ve done different. No one cares to be… Read More ›
Opportunistic Infections: What HIV’s Past Can Teach Us About Dealing With Ebola’s Present
It was 65°F outside and Yusia was freezing. The cold and the damp of the Sudanese rainy season clung to his bones as he biked to work, the pumping of his legs over the sodden ground making thuck thuck sounds… Read More ›
Wow, What a Wretched Human Being: Stacey Campfield
The rash of obscene ignorance sweeping our great nation has prompted me to create a new column on Virally Suppressed called, Wow, What a Wretched Human Being. In our inaugural entry we’ve decided to take a look at Tennessee State Senator… Read More ›
Test and Treat…And Then What?
The only way we get through life with any semblance of sanity is through compartmentalization. Everyone of us has hundreds of different spheres and categories into which we make sense of our lives. Each weekday morning, most of us leave… Read More ›
The Hidden Costs of PEPFAR
As was evidenced by his absence at the International AIDS Conference last week, President Obama is not currying much favor with the HIV community at the moment. Despite creating the first National HIV/AIDS Strategy in our nation’s history, he hasn’t… Read More ›
Realize, Don’t Imagine
As many speakers had over the previous 5 days, former President Bill Clinton invoked the goal of an AIDS Free Generation. He told the delegates assembled before him that their efforts had led us to a place where this goal… Read More ›