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In Zambia, we met people who are HIV positive, couldn't get drugs to suppress the virus after U.S. aid cuts and were seeing symptoms. We checked in on them — and the man who's been their champion.
In April NPR profiled people who couldn't get their HIV drugs. How are they faring now?
In Zambia, we met people who are HIV positive, couldn't get drugs to suppress the virus after U.S. aid cuts and were seeing symptoms. We checked in on them — and the man who's been their champion.
n.pr
September 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
In Zambia, we met people who are HIV positive, couldn't get drugs to suppress the virus after U.S. aid cuts and were seeing symptoms. We checked in on them — and the man who's been their champion.
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Alieu Kamara is the first and only neurosurgeon in Sierra Leone. "Before Dr. Kamara, there was no hope," said professor Kehinde Oluwadiya of the University of Sierra Leone Teaching Hospital Complex.
One neurosurgeon, 8 million patients
Alieu Kamara is the first and only neurosurgeon in Sierra Leone. "Before Dr. Kamara, there was no hope," said professor Kehinde Oluwadiya of the University of Sierra Leone Teaching Hospital Complex.
n.pr
August 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Alieu Kamara is the first and only neurosurgeon in Sierra Leone. "Before Dr. Kamara, there was no hope," said professor Kehinde Oluwadiya of the University of Sierra Leone Teaching Hospital Complex.
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I love this…
Although Vice President Kamala Harris is directing her motivational words to young people across the country, a lot of us not so young folks need to hear this too. 🤚🏽
Although Vice President Kamala Harris is directing her motivational words to young people across the country, a lot of us not so young folks need to hear this too. 🤚🏽
December 17, 2024 at 10:41 PM
I love this…
Although Vice President Kamala Harris is directing her motivational words to young people across the country, a lot of us not so young folks need to hear this too. 🤚🏽
Although Vice President Kamala Harris is directing her motivational words to young people across the country, a lot of us not so young folks need to hear this too. 🤚🏽
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Public trust in government isn’t just eroding—it’s in free-fall.
Leaders in both parties keep playing games with our lives. Consultants rake in millions from televised political ads that have no merit and make no gains because no one is watching—and they know it!
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Leaders in both parties keep playing games with our lives. Consultants rake in millions from televised political ads that have no merit and make no gains because no one is watching—and they know it!
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December 17, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Public trust in government isn’t just eroding—it’s in free-fall.
Leaders in both parties keep playing games with our lives. Consultants rake in millions from televised political ads that have no merit and make no gains because no one is watching—and they know it!
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Leaders in both parties keep playing games with our lives. Consultants rake in millions from televised political ads that have no merit and make no gains because no one is watching—and they know it!
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“Harvard Law enrolled 19 first-year Black students, or 3.4 percent of the class, the lowest number since the 1960s, according to the data from the American Bar Association.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/u...
Black Student Enrollment at Harvard Law Drops by More Than Half
After a Supreme Court decision ended race-based admissions, some law schools saw a decline in Black and Hispanic students entering this fall. Harvard appeared to have the steepest drop.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:08 AM
“Harvard Law enrolled 19 first-year Black students, or 3.4 percent of the class, the lowest number since the 1960s, according to the data from the American Bar Association.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/u...
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“Judge Wynn's brazenly partisan decision to rescind his retirement is an unprecedented move that demonstrates some judges are nothing more than politicians in robes."
'Slap in the face': GOP senator melts down as judges un-retire to deny Trump more nominees
Senate Republicans are furious as some Democratic-appointed judges cancel plans to retire in response to the GOP blockading the confirmation of outgoing President Joe Biden's final judicial nominees, ...
www.rawstory.com
December 16, 2024 at 9:12 PM
“Judge Wynn's brazenly partisan decision to rescind his retirement is an unprecedented move that demonstrates some judges are nothing more than politicians in robes."
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Weakness Is a Provocation
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Weakness Is a Provocation
ABC News, billionaires, media orgs, and CEOs are surrendering to Trump because they think he’s a lame duck. They’re making a terrible mistake.
open.substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Weakness Is a Provocation
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open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Newsletter: Our digital lives are unregulated growth-hacked ecological disasters. The modern tech ecosystem's growth-at-all-costs mindset is actively harming billions of people, pushing them toward authoritarianism for profit. We must fight back.
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
Never Forgive Them
In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting wor...
www.wheresyoured.at
December 16, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Newsletter: Our digital lives are unregulated growth-hacked ecological disasters. The modern tech ecosystem's growth-at-all-costs mindset is actively harming billions of people, pushing them toward authoritarianism for profit. We must fight back.
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
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New: Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit accusing a New York doctor of prescribing abortion drugs to a Texas resident.
This case sets up a legal battle between Texas’ near-total abortion ban and New York’s law that protects doctors from out-of-state prosecution. www.texastribune.org/2024/12/13/t...
This case sets up a legal battle between Texas’ near-total abortion ban and New York’s law that protects doctors from out-of-state prosecution. www.texastribune.org/2024/12/13/t...
Texas files first lawsuit against out-of-state abortion provider
This case sets up a legal battle between Texas’ near-total abortion ban and New York’s shield law that protects doctors from out-of-state prosecution.
www.texastribune.org
December 13, 2024 at 7:23 PM
New: Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit accusing a New York doctor of prescribing abortion drugs to a Texas resident.
This case sets up a legal battle between Texas’ near-total abortion ban and New York’s law that protects doctors from out-of-state prosecution. www.texastribune.org/2024/12/13/t...
This case sets up a legal battle between Texas’ near-total abortion ban and New York’s law that protects doctors from out-of-state prosecution. www.texastribune.org/2024/12/13/t...
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A message for Republican Senators: Trump's agenda will fleece your constituents, while lining the pockets of his billionaire buddies. If you vote for Trump's policies, the fallout will follow you to your graves. We'll make sure of it.
Message
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2024 at 11:02 AM
A message for Republican Senators: Trump's agenda will fleece your constituents, while lining the pockets of his billionaire buddies. If you vote for Trump's policies, the fallout will follow you to your graves. We'll make sure of it.
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There is a deep American tendency to think violence can either be deplored or explained.
But we don’t have the luxury of either-or. We’re going to have to do both in the age of system pessimism and go-it-alone violence that is upon us.
open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...
But we don’t have the luxury of either-or. We’re going to have to do both in the age of system pessimism and go-it-alone violence that is upon us.
open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...
It’s the conditions, stupid
Deplore violence. Then ask why it's happening
open.substack.com
December 11, 2024 at 4:18 PM
There is a deep American tendency to think violence can either be deplored or explained.
But we don’t have the luxury of either-or. We’re going to have to do both in the age of system pessimism and go-it-alone violence that is upon us.
open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...
But we don’t have the luxury of either-or. We’re going to have to do both in the age of system pessimism and go-it-alone violence that is upon us.
open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...
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BREAKING: Brian Thompson, CEO of United Healthcare, was shot and killed outside a Manhattan hotel in an apparent targeted attack, law enforcement official says
United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in midtown Manhattan, official says | CNN
The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was shot and killed in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning, a law enforcement official tells CNN.
www.cnn.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:42 PM
BREAKING: Brian Thompson, CEO of United Healthcare, was shot and killed outside a Manhattan hotel in an apparent targeted attack, law enforcement official says