While Kermit Washington's punch may define an era, it is a cruel irony that it has so defined this hard worker, quality teammate, and dedicated humanitarian as well.
Allison Herwitt | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics
This policy has not only blemished the United States' record as a leader against HIV and AIDS worldwide, it has had serious consequences at home.
Sean Strub | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics
We pulled up in front of Helms's house and jumped out of the truck like jackrabbits, racing to unload the ladders, blowers, generator and, of course, the condom.
Arthur Fournier | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics
Exploitation of vulnerable people has nothing to do with ethnicity or culture and everything to do with poverty and the survival choices poor people are forced to make.
Jennifer Winstanley | Posted 07.17.2008 | Living
A few months ago I went to a rally in support of harm reduction services outside a UNAIDS meeting in Chiang Mai. The rally was organized by the Thai A...
Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
American women and families deserve to know how McCain feels on matters such as public funding for contraception, abstinence-only education, and the effectiveness of condoms in preventing STDs.
Scott Swenson | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is moving toward a cloture vote in the Senate, a vote that will determine whether the $50 bil...
Robert Weissman | Posted 07.09.2008 | Business
When the political leaders of the most powerful countries get together and issue joint statements, it may be worth looking at what these planetary stewards have in mind.
Josh Lozman | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
Despite great progress, there are still nearly 5 million people on the continent that are in need of AIDS treatment in order to stay alive. No wonder the G8 wants to hide from their earlier promises.
Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
Our country is succumbing to "AIDS fatigue" as infection rates have stayed high. But complacency does not save lives; more commitment, funding and science-based policies will.
Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
With an estimated 1.2 million Americans living with HIV, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS reports that the U.S. is home to "one of the largest HIV epidemics in the world."
USA Today | Posted 06.21.2008 | Home
China is putting out the welcome mat for foreign tourists during the Olympics -- as long as they're not sick. Kyodo News reports that Beijing plans t...
Karin Badt | Posted 06.17.2008 | Entertainment
Alerting audiences to the painful problems in Malawi is an exceptionally good thing, but Madonna's new film is weak, largely due to Madonna's over-the-top urge to make this a film of hope.
Bob Ostertag | Posted 06.16.2008 | Green
When it comes to climate change, we must reckon with a surprisingly large group of the vocal and miseducated. These naysayers have uncanny parallels to AIDS denialists.
Reuters | Daniel Bases | Posted 06.11.2008 | Living
Researchers have been undercounting new cases of HIV infection in the United States, meaning the rate is probably 25 percent higher at 50,000 people p...
Natasha F. Bilimoria | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics
The AIDS pandemic is the greatest public health challenge the world has ever faced -- but the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a public-private partnership, is working.
Gershom Gorenberg | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics
if you attack a group's story, you attack the very meaning of its world. Criticize your own group's story, even softly, and you are likely to be considered a turncoat.
Keli Goff | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics
Perhaps Michelle Malkin and her conservative cohorts found Obama's comments on sex education so disturbing because of the president's oh-so impressive record on the issue.
Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 04.01.2008 | Living
Women with HIV/AIDS may suffer greater stigma than men -- they may be blamed as carriers, either as prostitutes infecting men or mothers infecting their infants.
Dan Brown | Posted 03.27.2008 | Business
Sachs has many allies and supporters, including Al Gore, Kofi Annan, and Bono. Will the Democrat nominee embrace his humane and sensible proposals?
Sean Strub | Posted 03.26.2008 | Living
The HIV prevention establishment is concerned about sending the wrong message about what is safe and unsafe. Yet their reluctance to engage the communities they serve in an honest and open discussion is at the heart of what is wrong with HIV prevention efforts.
Josh Ruxin | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics
When Bush pledged to "help save lives and to bring hope to families," it was not merely rhetoric. What a fresh change for this administration and for the U.S.'s role in promoting development worldwide.
Tamsin Smith | Posted 03.05.2008 | Living
100 percent of the money generated by (RED) shoppers is put to work on the ground in Africa with the help of some of the Global Fund individuals with whom I met today.
Tamsin Smith | Posted 03.03.2008 | Living
I'm on my way to Geneva, Switzerland to meet with The Global Fund, (RED)'s partner in the quest of eliminating Aids in Africa. (RED) just crossed the $100 million mark in money flowing to Africa.
Matthew Kavanagh | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics
The fight against AIDS got a healthy boost Wednesday when the House passed a big new bill out of committee -- increasing funding and beginning to fix a lot of what doesn't work in the Bush AIDS plan.
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Dave Zirin | Posted 07.30.2008 | Living