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| Today is World AIDS Day. It's a day to raise awareness about the HIV/AIDS pandemic and mourn those who have died. So we are leading the newsletter with a column from Dr. Deborah L. Birx about the lives saved. |
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| By Dr. Deborah L. Birx |
| Many people did not believe we could change the course of the HIV pandemic without a vaccine, but two decades after President George W. Bush created the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), we can clearly see what's possible when the compassion of the American people is translated into effective programs. |
| This year, we will cross the threshold of 20 million lives saved. More than 2.8 million babies have been protected from HIV, and many of those first babies are now parents. Young children who were provided treatments are now mothers and fathers to their own HIV-negative children. |
| This is what's possible when four presidents from different parties and Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress support a bipartisan program year after year, ensuring sustained funding with continual oversight. |
Today's Editorial Cartoon |
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| By Suzette Hackney |
| I know there are passionate people on both sides of the abortion debate. I met some of them Tuesday when I spent some time outside the Supreme Court. I intend to hang out with them and many more again Wednesday as the justices listen to oral arguments in the pivotal Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case. |
| The case stems from a Mississippi law that, if affirmed, would block people more than 15 weeks pregnant from obtaining an abortion – a move reproductive rights advocates say would overturn Roe v. Wade. If that were to happen, it's likely dozens more states, particularly those in the South and Midwest, would move to summarily ban abortions. |
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| By Larry Strauss |
| Too many of our schools are far too impersonal. We reduce students to their ID numbers and test scores, treat them like suspects in a crime, encourage obedience and discourage – and even punish – originality, individuality and dissent. |
| Perhaps worst of all is the institutional judgment toward the imperfectness of parents and the sometimes unconscious, or sometimes quite conscious, arrogance that we – educators – alone know what is best for your children. |
| There are, of course, children whose family lives are dysfunctional, abusive or nonexistent, and educators are sometimes the best or only hope for these kids. Sadly, in 30 years of teaching, I have had to intervene many times on behalf of such children. |
Other columns to read today |
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Columns on qualified immunity |
| We are doing a series examining the issue of qualified immunity. For more on the series read here. |
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| This newsletter was compiled by Jaden Amos. |
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