News 2015
Read: New York Magazine's Cover Story on Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates, a writer, journalist and educator, appears on the cover of the July 13, 2015 issue of New York Magazine. He has contributed to The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Washington Monthly and O, among others and is a senior editor for The Atlantic.
This week's "New York" magazine cover story profiles Ta-Nehisi Coates and talks about his new book, "Between the World and Me." In the article, Coates, who writes for The Atlantic, talks about the Confederate flag, the tragedy in Charleston, and the widespread interest in his book. The in-depth article is worth a read, but here are some choice quotes:
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In This Issue
In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy's house literally lands on the Wicked Witch of the East, after which the Munchkins break out in song, "Ding-dong, the Witch is dead". All seems to be well in Munchkin land except, that it's not. There is a more powerful, more evil, Wicked Witch of the West and she is determined to kill Dorothy "and her little dog too."
3 New Board Members Join the Black AIDS Institute
Peter Brownlie, one of three new Black AIDS Institute board members
The Black AIDS Institute is honored to announce the addition of three new people to its board of directors. These members come from diverse backgrounds and are dedicated to helping the Institute address health disparities, eliminate stigma and end the HIV/AIDS epidemic among African Americans.
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Knowing Better, Doing Better: Brandon Harrison
Brandon Harrison, PrEP Supervisor at Callen Lorde Community Health Center in New York
The results were alarming: The HIV/AIDS health-care providers at health departments and AIDS service and community-based organizations who were polled answered only 63 percent of questions correctly—essentially earning a grade of D for their knowledge of HIV science and treatment, while earning the equivalent of an F on treatment-related questions.
Many U.S. AIDS Patients Still Die When 'Opportunistic' Infections Strike: Study of San Francisco data for 1997-2012 shows 35 percent death rate over 5 years for these patients
Robert M. Grant, M.D., MPH, a senior investigator at San Francisco-based research organization Gladstone Institute
Even after the advent of powerful medications for suppressing HIV, a new study finds that more than one-third of people in San Francisco who were diagnosed with an AIDS-related infection died within five years.