In a huge victory for HIV and hepatitis C prevention efforts, Congress officially lifted the ban on federal funding for syringe exchange on Sunday. Syringe exchange programs have been shown to dramatically reduce HIV and hepatitis C infections without leading to increased drug use. For years, however, fearful Congressional leaders ignored the facts and put ideology ahead of science.
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AIDS Activism Victory!: Congress Lifts Syringe Exchange Funding Ban [via]
Finally.
This is just a collection of things I think are neat.
A general overview of 'things I think are neat':abandonment/the post-industrial midwest, anarchism (syndicalism, insurrectionalism, etc), race/ethnicity (esp. defining/constructing the boundaries of whiteness), gender, class (talking/thinking about class generally seems to be an underrated activity), health care (access to, the experience of obtaining, etc), art, science fiction, punk music, conservative talk radio and anthropology (which probably incorporates almost everything else about people).
