By Drew Gibson There is a vitality and a glow about Andrew Young that shields you from his frailty. The former UN Ambassador & Congressman can still draw back on that old preacher’s toolbox of rhetorical flourish to stir up… Read More ›
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In Burma, Hope & AIDS Medications Hard to Come By
Of the 240,000 people in Burma (Myanmar) living with HIV, roughly half are in desperate need of life saving ART medications. Most of them will never get them and for many of those who do, it will have come too… Read More ›
Keep The Promise 2012: Marching With Wyclef
Wyclef Jean to Perform at the Keep The Promise 2012 March on Washington for HIV/AIDS. When I think of Wyclef Jean, the first celebrity that comes to mind for comparison is…Paul Newman. Stay with me here. I realize that one… Read More ›
Canary in a Fascist Coal Mine
I know it’s easy to get caught up in the 5 month Presidential bitchfest that is ahead of us, but in the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t matter nearly as much as the incessant coverage would suggest. Obama’s policies… Read More ›
Sharing Your HIV Story
During this year’s annual AIDS/LifeCycle bike ride in California, the LGBT story site I’m From Driftwood (www.imfromdriftwood.com) is interviewing bikers on the rode who are HIV+ and having them share what it was like to be diagnosed and what happened… Read More ›
Out of Africa: The Origins of HIV
By Drew Gibson It would be tempting to describe the southeast corner of Cameroon as a land that time forgot, but it would also be a disservice to the people still living there. You see, in order to forget something,… Read More ›
Groping Our Way Through The Darkness
By Drew Gibson For the foreseeable future our national discourse will be dominated by incessant chatter about the upcoming presidential election in November. There will be debates and stump speeches with candidates promising things they can never deliver. We will… Read More ›
Virally Suppressed - Muckraking For The Modern World 