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.
Over the summer I had the opportunity to see one of my favorite DC musicians, David “Spoonboy” Combs, play a show backed by one of my favorite bands, Good Luck.
While moving with the music in the front row, I happened to look behind the musicians.
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.
In Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, the Potala Palace stands as a monument to Tibetan Buddhist practices, despite the current Chinese occupation and suppression of traditional religion and culture.
“I think with these sexual assault education programs, what we can prevent is a scared girl lying under someone and trying to convince him what he’s doing is illegal.”
These words echoed through the megaphone and onto the American University quad as Nicole Wisler relived her experience as that scared girl.
