Few things expose a society’s inequities like a crisis. In America, periods of conflict, or social and economic upheaval, reveal the best and worst of our collective nature. From our founding document, which enshrined racial inequality into the Constitution, to Japanese internment camps during World War II, America’s most celebrated moments are often blemished by […]
Making HIV History By Remembering Ours
NMAC Applauds Confirmation of Sylvia Burwell to Head Dept. of Health and Human Services
The following is a statement from the National Minority AIDS Council Director of Outreach and Public Affairs Kyle Murphy: Washington, DC – “The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) applauds the Senate’s confirmation of Sylvia Burwell to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This position is critical to ensuring a coordinated national response […]
Whose Culture Is It Anyway? by Paul Kawata
Last week I had the privilege to watch Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart on HBO. This week, I saw Terrence McNally’s latest Broadway play, Mothers and Sons. The first was about the early days in the epidemic and the later examines life after the epidemic’s wrath. I cried, I laughed, I remembered. I hope they both sweep the […]