Israel’s Lebanon Blitz
More Than 1 Million People in Lebanon Have Been Displaced. These Are Their Stories.
Israel’s military strikes in Lebanon sparked a humanitarian crisis, driving thousands to the streets of Beirut.
Steven W. Thrasher
Steven W. Thrasher, PhD is the author of the award-winning book "The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide." He is also the inaugural Daniel Renberg Chair for Social Justice in Reporting at the Medill School of Journalism and a faculty member of Northwestern University's Institute of Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing. His writing on HIV/AIDS, infectious disease and LGBTQ people has been published by Scientific American, New York Times Times, Guardian and in academic journals.
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By Slashing Foreign Aid, Trump Is Fueling the Spread of HIV in Uganda
Reporting from Uganda, The Intercept saw how Trump’s effort to slash foreign aid is encouraging the transmission of HIV.
Voices
Trump Gutted AIDS Health Care at the Worst Possible Time
By the first World AIDS Day of his second term, Trump gutted LGBTQ+ employment globally and put humanity at greater risk of AIDS.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Our Reporter Got Into Gaza. He Witnessed a Famine of Israel’s Making.
The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Palestinian Refugees in Syria See Little Hope — Even After Assad
“Even if they rebuild all of Syria, Yarmouk will remain destroyed,” said one Palestinian refugee.
Global HIV Care Thrown Into Chaos by Trump: “I Will Be Sick and Maybe Die”
In South Africa, a 36-year-old living with HIV since childhood fears she will lose access to treatment due to Trump’s policy.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Queer, HIV-Positive, and Running Out of Medication in Gaza
A year in Palestine, living in fear of not just genocide — but AIDS.