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|  | NU women's lacrosse season ends with loss to Syracuse
2021-06-10
Recently, in the world of women's collegiate lacrosse, number two Northwestern (15-1, 13-0 Big Ten) fell to number three Syracuse 21-13 at Johnny Unitas Stadium (in Towson, Maryland) in its first loss of the season, losing ...
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| | Chicago Sky snap seven-game losing streak
2021-06-10
The Chicago Sky ended their seven-game losing streak against the Indiana Fever, defeating them 92-76 on June 9 in Wintrust Arena. In securing their first home win of the year—and the first since their playoff victory ...
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| | New book sets the record straight on Act Up New York
2021-06-10
Novelist, playwright, nonfiction writer, journalist, screenwriter, LGBTQ+-rights activist and AIDS historian Sarah Schuman preserves the power of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) while laying everything out about ...
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| | When crime goes viral
2021-06-10
Activists say Illinois's law that makes it illegal to expose others to HIV is racist and homophobic. Now they're close to changing it.
In early 2016, Jimmy Amutavi had what he considered a happy life. More ...
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| | HIV at 40: Erie Family Health Center, focused on helping at-risk communities
2021-06-10
HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects Black communities—with Black gay and bisexual Black men and Black trans women being the most affected population than any other group in the country. More specifically, one in two Black MSM (men who ...
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| | HIV at 40: Dr. Anthony Fauci on the early days of another pandemic
2021-06-10
Dr. Anthony Fauci has been called "America's doctor"—and with good reason. His face and advice regarding COVID have seemingly been omnipresent since the virus affected the masses early in 2020. However, decades before the word "coronavirus" ...
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| | Red Stars top North Carolina 1-0
2021-06-06
At Bridgview's SeatGeek Stadium, the Chicago Red Stars, led by Rachel Hill's 29th minute goal and Alyssa Mautz's NWSL return, defeated the North Carolina Courage 1-0. In addition to scoring the lone goal, Hill had 57 ...
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| | L.A. Sparks defeat Chicago Sky 68-63
2021-06-06
On June 5, the Chicago Sky lost to the L.A. Sparks 68-63 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Forward Ruthy Hebard recorded her third double-double of the season (fourth career) with 14 points and 10 rebounds ...
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| | National AIDS Memorial brings leaders of AIDS movement together to mark 40 years
2021-06-05
--From a press release - San Francisco (Saturday, June 5, 2021) — Leaders of the AIDS movement came together in the National AIDS Memorial — the nation's federally-designated memorial to AIDS — to mark forty years since the first cases of ...
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| | Harold J. Phillips appointed director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy
2021-06-05
--From a press release - Statement from Jeffrey S. Crowley, distinguished scholar and director of the Infectious Disease Initiatives at the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University Law Center: I applaud President Biden's appointment of ...
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| | Sky's slide hits six with overtime loss
2021-06-04
The Chicago Sky started the season with two wins, but now have dropped six consecutive games—the latest being a 77-74 overtime loss to the Phoenix Mercury on June 3. The Sky and Mercury finished a two-game ...
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| | Ex-Blackhawks video coach faces second sexual-assault suit
2021-06-03
A former Michigan high-school hockey player is suing the Chicago Blackhawks in a second complaint tied to sexual-assault allegations against former video coach Bradley Dale Aldrich, according to The Chicago Tribune. The second plaintiff, identified as ...
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| | Mayor Lightfoot helps break ground at AIDS Garden Chicago
2021-06-02
On June 2, various local officials, including Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, helped break ground at the AIDS Garden Chicago—the city's first public park to memorialize the early days of Chicago's HIV epidemic, and to honor those ...
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| | Incarceration for HIV crimes in Georgia cost the state $9 million
2021-06-02
--From a press release - Between 1999-2020, as many as 133 people were incarcerated in Georgia prisons for HIV-related crimes New analysis from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds that as many as 133 people have been incarcerated ...
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| | DeSantis signs bill barring trans females from
competing on girls' sports teams
2021-06-02
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that bans transgender girls and women from playing on girls' public-school teams, WESH.com reported. "[Florida sports provide] our young girls with opportunities that last a lifetime," DeSantis said. "We ...
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