The Silent Epidemic:
The Challenge of HIV Prevention within Communities of Color
by Silja J.A. Talvi
As World AIDS Day approaches, dwindling media reports
on the AIDS epidemic have few alarmed at rising HIV infection rates
among African Americans and Latinos. And even fewer are aware of how
the development of individual prevention strategies for women and
people of color is being severely hindered.
Why Don't We Care About the Poor Anymore?
by F. Allan Hanson
After decades of dashed hopes and expenditures that
have produced few tangible benefits, does the passage of recent
welfare reform legislation just paper over a wearied and frustrated
nation that has simply written off the poor?
Cover Story:
We Are Still Prisoners in Our Own Country:
An Interview with Aung San Suu Kyi
by Alan Clements
In her first in-depth interview since her release from
house arrest, the world's most famous political dissident and 1991
Nobel Peace Prize recipient discusses her movement's nontheistic,
nonviolent struggle for freedom and democracy against the fear,
repression, and torture of Burma's current military dictatorship.
The Tragedy of Hong Kong
by Richard Klein
Despite the fireworks and celebrations this past
summer as Britain passed the scepter of authority to China, the
people of Hong Kong can look forward to nothing beyond
imperialism-as-usual.
Unequal Justice:
Preserving the Rights of the Mentally Retarded in the Criminal
Justice System
by Fred Pelka
Advocates argue that Richard Lapointe—a man facing a
final appeal to overturn his life sentence—is just one of many
individuals with mental disabilities who have been railroaded by the
criminal justice system.
Yes, Virginia, There Probably Is No Santa Claus
by Champe Ransom
On the 100th anniversary of the famous editorial that
has inspired generations, a humanist offers a different, yet still
elevating, response to any child (or adult) seeking the truth about
mythical characters.
