As a medical student, I remember reading books about the early days of the HIV epidemic and wondering what it was like for doctors to take care of patients who had a new, unknown disease. It seemed to me like it would be frightening for both patients and doctors alike. I didn’t expect that early…
Month: March 2019
Here’s Why The Letters A, B, And O Are Going Missing Around The Globe
You may have noticed something a little off with business signs, newspaper names, and show titles over the last few days. It’s a small but significant change: The letters A, B, and O have been disappearing from signs, front pages, and websites in an effort to raise awareness for blood donation around the globe. The…
Twitter Is Losing It On Florida Right Now
Stay calm everyone, Florida hasn’t been called… yet. Sure, the election isn’t as big of a slam dunk for Hillary Clinton as we once thought, but that doesn’t mean the fat lady has sung. As of 6:20 p.m. PST, Clinton and Donald Trump are still neck and neck in the polls in Florida (and reminder: Broward…
Hillary Clinton’s Lead Over Trump Passes 2 Million Votes
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Business Booms After CEO Stands Up Against Bigotry
A week after Donald Trump won enough electoral votes to clinch the presidency, CEO Bill Penzey of Penzeys Spices released a company newsletter that took many by surprise. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Penzey admonished the president-elect for his racist vitriol and rejected the Republican Party’s “open embrace of racism,” saying it has unleashed a…
Trump Says He Won’t Pursue Legal Case Against Hillary Clinton
In a move that could greatly disappoint his base but is likely to be welcomed by the public at large, President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he won’t pursue any potential investigation of Hillary Clinton tied to her use of a private email server while Secretary of State. “It’s just not something that I…
Lady Gaga Slams Melania Trump With One Pitch Perfect Tweet
The political world was a little stunned to see Donald Trump’s wife Melania deliver a speech in the closing days of the 2016 election. After all, it turned out her perfectly nice sounding public remarks at the Republican National Convention turned out to be heavily plagiarizeed from a speech First Lady Michelle Obama gave years…
Why We Shouldn’t Blindly Lash Out At Folks That Invoke Trump
“I would have voted for Trump” is the new shot heard round the world. It’s too bad a sound bite like that is bound to be irrelevant in 24 hours. You’d think we’d have learned our lesson: that you always have to look at the broader context. The big picture. If you paid attention to Kanye’s Sacramento…
In First Interview Since Election, Trump Promises He Won’t Overturn Marriage Equality
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, there has been a wave of fear through a number of traditionally marginalized communities, ranging from women, to minorities, Muslims, and the LGBTQ community. However, during his first interview as president-elect, Trump told CBS’s “60 Minutes” that the issue of marriage equality is settled in his mind and…
How should we remember Waterloo?
Is history just there to amuse us? Flickr/Elliott Brown. Some rights reserved. Waterloo? Yes, I remember it well, not the actual battle but the museum. I thought it would prove apocryphal, but there really was on display an English newspaper with the headline Corsican Uprising Defeated. Some things never change. Yet, if we truly remember…