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Today, for the fourth time in two weeks the United States Senate is in the throes of taking healthcare away from millions of Americans. It's a tough job, but no one should have to do it.
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We open this week's issue with a story about the racial disparities in HIV diagnoses that Black gay and bisexual men experience. Research published in The Lancet earlier this year shows that the reasons for these disparities may not be as clear as we previously thought. Tamara Holmes reports.
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This week we run a profile of Taraji P. Henson, the first in a series of stories about our 2017 Heroes in the Struggle—a select group of individuals and organizations that have made heroic contributions to the fight against HIV/AIDS in Black America.
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Congress has restructured the HOPWA (Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS) program to funnel more money into areas struggling to control the epidemic—a move with significant ramifications for some of our nation's biggest cities. We run this story courtesy of our friends at Kaiser Health News.
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This week, we continue our series on the Black AIDS Institute's Heroes in the Struggle Gala and Award Celebration awardees. Here, Board first vice chair and actor Vanessa Williams tells us why she is committed to leveraging her celebrity to encourage African Americans to learn more about HIV and AIDS and to encourage more people to get tested.