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Vaccinations being driven by party affiliation
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: All too often people stay in their own little bubble, rarely venturing out to see what’s happening beyond their own comfort zone. Fox News viewers never
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Concrete steps
The Biden-Harris administration must make the first 100 days count to end the HIV epidemic By AIDS United The first 100 days of the Biden-Harris administration mark a unique opportunity
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The good ol’ salad days
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Seems like everyone is on a diet these days. I know I am.Speaking of junk in the truck, here are some really great salads that
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Elvis Would Approve | Preslee’s satisfies in The Heights
By Jim Ayres Once upon a time in Shady Acres, where 18th and 19th streets fork away, there sat a forlorn, decaying Chinese restaurant. Who knows if the food was
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Finally, it’s time to return to ‘normal’
By Nancy Ford Ah Covid, you rat bastard. Here we are, more than a year after you wormed your way into our lives, wreaking havoc and breaking hearts. You’ve done
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Part 13: The final episode | “Just because it’s over doesn’t mean it didn’t happen”
By Randall Jobe Here we are. The end of our journey — the final episode (lucky 13!) of our Throwback Thursdays, Memorable Mondays, F@#king Fridays, and all the weeks, years,
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Love Don’t Need A Reason | Remembering Michael Callen
By David-Elijah Nahmod Michael Callen (1955-1993) is not as well-remembered today as he deserves to be. But during the peak years of the AIDS crisis, Callen has known the world
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Sharing the tales of Galveston
By Forest Riggs It is no secret that I love to tell stories and tall tales. Often while doing so I will say, “…to make a long story short…†This
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Laverne Cox gets a “Clean Slate”
Romeo San Vicente Legendary TV creator Norman Lear, who’ll be 99 years old this July, has a new project in the works with Amazon’s IMDbTV, a new premium free streaming
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Meeting to recognize Autism Awareness Month
By Janice Anderson One year at the Gender Infinity conference, I attended a panel discussion on being nonbinary. One of my children had recently explained to my husband and me