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40 years ago, the first AIDS movies forced Americans to confront a disease they didn’t want to see

First it was referred to as a “mysterious illness.” Later it was called “gay cancer,” “gay plague” and “GRID,” an acronym for gay-related immune deficiency. Most egregiously, some called it “4H disease” – shorthand for “homosexuals, heroin addicts, hemophiliacs and Haitians,” the populations most afflicted in the early days.

The Conversation

Edmund White, a groundbreaking gay author, dies at 85

Edmund White, the groundbreaking man of letters who documented and imagined the gay revolution through journalism, essays, memoirs and novels, has died

The Independent UK

Israeli ambassador attacks London School of Economics over Hamas ‘propaganda’ book launch

Tzipi Hotovely claims students could be influenced by author’s whitewashing of Hamas’s October 7 attacks

Evening Standard

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Teaching Constitutional Law in a Crisis of Judicial Legitimacy

The real crisis seems to be in academia, not at the Court

Reason

The arts can destigmatize addiction

We need to change the narrative around substance use disorder. Plays, TV and books are the perfect place to start

Salon

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried accused of 'hiding online activities'

Saying that he “appears motivated to circumvent monitoring” and may be “hiding online activities from the government,” prosecutors are seeking to renegotiate Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail agreement and impose tighter restrictions on the FTX founder.

Los Angeles Times

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Stoneman Douglas locked down for 2 hours on day after somber anniversary

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FTX founder's bail signatories include 2 family friends

Two Stanford University academics signed on to FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's $250 million bail package, enabling him to live with his parents while awaiting trial on fraud charges

The Independent UK

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s secret bail co-signers are Stanford dean and a researcher

NEW YORK — The names of two secret signers of Sam Bankman-Fried’s staggering $250 million bond package were revealed Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Former Stanford Law School dean among SBF cosigners

The other cosigner for the disgraced FTX founder’s $250 million bond is a senior research scientist at Stanford.

Fortune

Commentary: For all the good Dr. Fauci did at the NIH, he should have exited the stage sooner

Dr. Anthony Fauci, who began his career at the National Institutes of Health during Lyndon Johnson’s administration, has stepped down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden. To put it in perspective, after more than five decades of…

Chicago Tribune

Fauci to step down in December - Roll Call

Fauci will step down after more than 50 years of government service where he helped respond to HIV/AIDS, Zika, Ebola and COVID-19.

Roll Call

Supreme Court "originalism" is pure BS

Right-wing justices claim they're delving for true meanings beneath the Constitution. It's another Big Lie

Salon

The Mix: Cool things to do in Chicago July 21-27

The Pocket Jazz Festival, Cat Video Fest, Taste of Wicker Park and the Bantu Festival are among the highlights in the week ahead.

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Anthony Fauci on the Aids crisis, monkeypox, trans rights and his retirement

In an exclusive interview with Io Dodds, Dr Anthony Fauci looks back on his decades-long career in public health

The Independent UK

Exclusive: Anthony Fauci on the Aids crisis, monkeypox, trans rights and his retirement (OLD)

In an exclusive interview with Io Dodds, Dr Anthony Fauci looks back on his decades-long career in public health

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