In This Issue

Before Guy Anthony became an advocate for people living with HIV/AIDS, he had to overcome several personal tragedies. But today he serves as a living example of how to win when you're dealt a very difficult hand. Writer Tomika Anderson reports.

We report new research that shows that for people living with HIV who do not have a history of using injection drugs, whose viral load is undetectable and have a CD4 count above 500, their risk of death is the same as that of the general population.

One in 5 American households have a tenuous relationship with a bank. So how will they pay for health insurance come January once it is mandatory? Kaiser Health News asks the question: How do you sell to customers who are unable to pay you any of the traditional ways?

Recently an amendment was added to a farm bill that would prohibit anyone who ever had been convicted of a violent crime from receiving food stamps for life, even if they've served their time and have been a law-abiding citizen ever since. Colorlines reports on this bill that will disproportionately impact Black and low-income people.

And do some high-deductable plans – the ones called deductable-credit plans -- discriminate against sick people and violate the Affordable Care Act? Find out in this issue.

Yours in the struggle,

Raniyah M. Coleman