"Are you between 18 and 26 years of age? If so, prepare to be forced to join the military." Make no mistake, this is NOT a draft. If this bill passes, you will be REQUIRED to serve two years. House Bill H.R. 163 (Senate Bill S. 89) reads, “It is the obligation of every citizen of the United States, and every other person residing in the United States, who is between the ages of 18 and 26 to perform a period of national service as prescribed in this Act unless exempted under the provi...

Tricia Rose's Commentary on Black Women and AIDS Deadly Silences African-American women make up less than 15 percent of the U.S. female population, yet they represent 64 percent of all new AIDS cases among women in the United States.1 Put another way, a black woman is twenty times more likely to contract AIDS than a white woman.2 Despite this staggeringly disproportionate rise in African-American women's infection rates, public conversations on the HIV/AIDS crisis rarely, if ever,...

Aboriginal Women and HIV http://www.caan.ca/english/grfx/resources/publications/Women_and_HIV.pdf

CDC Fact Sheet HIV/AIDS & Women in the US National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fact Sheets | Home | Index | Search | Site Map | Subscribe ----------------------------------------------------------- HIV/AIDS Among US Women: Minority and Young Women at Continuing Risk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...

Leading Causes of Death CDC/ATSDR's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is the Nation's principal health statistics agency. NCHS compiles statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of the Nation's people. NCHS' health statistics document the health status of the population and of important subgroups; identify disparities in health status and use of health care by race, ethnicity, SES, region, and other population gradients; describe people's expe...

http://www.cdc.gov/omh/AMH/AMH.htm About Minority Health The success or failure of any government in the final analysis must be measured by the well-being of its citizens. Nothing can be more important to a state than its public health; the state's paramount concern should be the health of its people. ~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt Life expectancy and overall health have improved in recent years for most Americans, thanks in part to an increased focus on preventive medicine and dyna...

Rumsfeld and the Unamerican 11:23am - Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld repeatedly says that the atrocities committed at abu Ghraib prison in Iraq are unamerican, that these behaviors do not reflect our values and beliefs. Obviously, Uncle Rummy has no memory of history. I submit the following as a refresher in American behavior and values: Amadou Diallo Abner Luima Lester Jeter, Jarvis, Texas Murrah Federal Bldg, OK victims Waco Ruby Ridge Genocide of Indigenous Peoples Slavery Bre...

Starting a new blog because I am still searching for open-minded readers who will provide useful critique, who do not mind using their minds, who are critical, thoughtful, insightful, broadly read, intelligent, and interested in debating the remains of the day.

Starting a new blog because I am still searching for open-minded readers who will provide useful critique, who do not mind using their minds, who are critical, thoughtful, insightful, broadly read, intelligent, and interested in debating the remains of the day.

Starting a new blog because I am still searching for open-minded readers who will provide useful critique, who do not mind using their minds, who are critical, thoughtful, insightful, broadly read, intelligent, and interested in debating the remains of the day.