In This Issue

If you haven't read the series on HIV Criminalization we're running courtesy of our friends at ProPublica, we urge you to join this important conversation by reading today's installment. Activities all around the nation marked National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day earlier this month. Among them, HHS issued an update on the federal programs underway to reduce new HIV infections among Black gay and bisexual men and help them reach viral suppression.

 New research on HIV risk found that 40 percent of female study participants from the United States had concurrent sexual partners, with only one month between partners. We continue to follow the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, this week focusing on the state of the Medicare expansion program crafted by Republican lawmakers in Arkansas. Finally, we run a story from AIDS.gov, asking how new media can meet the HIV-prevention needs of Black MSM.

Yours in the struggle,

Phill