A shift away from injection heroin use and the efforts of needle exchange operations in Washington, DC, have contributed to a decrease in the number of new HIV infections in the second half of the 2000s.
But at the Kolmac Clinic Silver Spring addiction treatment program, which provides treatment for opioid addicts, there’s been a shift in the clients they serve.
It’s 1 a.m. She’s been standing on the corner for four hours.
She cannot go home. She cannot call the police. She cannot tell her friends.
All she can do is wait in fear.
Just as July ushers in patriotic celebrations and dazzling firework displays on the fourth, it brings to a close an entire month of an equally joyous celebration:LGBT Pride Month.
While the Pride Parade in New York City serves as the biggest celebration—with over one million people turning out for the June 24 parade— D.C.
I remember watching Invisible Children for the first time as a freshman in high school; my mom picked me up from school after the screening, and I remember exclaiming to her, “Look!
At American University, students have formed a bold new coalition in response to insulting rumors that students do not live in the DC Metro area, but simply study in their adopted city.
