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Improve D.C., Win Some Cash |
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By SuperUser Account on
4/18/2006
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The nonprofit group D.C. Appleseed is betting $8,500 in prize money that people who commute to, and live in D.C., have solutions to some of DC's most pressing issues. D.C. Appleseed is hoping the contest will help to shape the next mayor's political agenda. The tree top prizewinners will be invited to present their ideas at a mayoral forum.
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The AIDS Epidemic in DC |
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By SuperUser Account on
4/17/2006
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In Washington, D.C., nearly 10,000, or about one in every 50 people have AIDS, and there is an unknown but even higher number with HIV. D.C. also has the highest rate of new AIDS cases in the country -- 12 times the national average -- and has more people living with AIDS than all but nine states. The D.C. Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, which monitors the city's progress in addressing the disease, issued a report last August that put most of the blame on government coordination and leadership
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CVS Complicates Safe Sex |
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By SuperUser Account on
4/11/2006
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No one likes buying condoms. The act, though innocent and perfectly legal, instantly offers an insight into the sexual activity of the purchaser, and, depending on the types of condoms bought, their sexual preferences. And while it's one thing to march into a store and resolutely buy condoms, as embarrassing as that can be, it's a whole other thing to have to sheepishly ask an employee for them. At many local CVS stores, that's exactly what consumers are forced to do.
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Williams Acts on Threat to CareFirst |
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By SuperUser Account on
4/6/2006
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Mayor Anthony A. Williams intends to end a special tax break for CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield's District affiliate in fiscal 2007 and to divert the more than $5 million from it to health-care coverage for low-income residents. CareFirst's $1 billion affiliate, which has more than 1.2 million subscribers in the city, Montgomery and Prince George's counties and Northern Virginia, has been under scrutiny since a legal and economic analysis in late 2004 concluded that it fell far short of its civic obligation. The report by the D.C. Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, a nonprofit public policy organization, triggered hearings by a council committee and the city insurance commissioner.
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AIDS: Wasted Lives & Money |
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By SuperUser Account on
3/28/2006
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What happened to half a billion public dollars? And where is city hall? According to the D.C. Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, which monitors the city's progress in addressing the epidemic, the city AIDS unit responsible for tracking the spread of HIV and AIDS has a staff vacancy rate of greater than 50 percent. D.C. Appleseed also reported this month that the District's annual rate of new AIDS cases is nearly 12 times the national average. That's after spending nearly half a billion dollars.
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Washington, D.C., Officials Focusing More Attention On HIV/AIDS Epidemic, Progress Uneven, Report Card Says |
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By SuperUser Account on
3/27/2006
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Washington, D.C., officials have amplified their attention to the district's HIV/AIDS epidemic but progress on promised reforms has been mixed, with poor performances on condom distribution and substance-use treatment, according to a report card released on Thursday by the DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, the Washington Post reports (Levine [1], Washington Post, 3/23). The center in August 2005 released a report saying that the city's response to the epidemic has been inadequate and poorly coordinated. The report says that city officials were not systematically collecting and analyzing data about the epidemic and were not properly coordinating and supervising organizations that provide services for people living with HIV/AIDS. (Includes a summary of the report card)
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Once at Front Line of AIDS War, District Is Now Fighting Blind |
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By SuperUser Account on
3/26/2006
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A report card issued Thursday as a six-month update to the independent study by the D.C. Appleseed Center earned AHPP a rare round of applause from local AIDS advocates: a B-minus for making AIDS a top priority in the District, a B for providing rapid HIV testing at city-run facilities. But the situation was so bad before the center issued its report, say AIDS workers, that the only place to go was up.
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Area already faces an epidemic in HIV/AIDS |
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By SuperUser Account on
3/24/2006
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Why worry about the advent of avian flu when HIV/AIDS is endangering thousands right here, right now, in our families, our offices, our schools and our communities? You would think with 1 in 20 District residents being infected with HIV, the District's HIV/AIDS epidemic would warrant an all-out attack. However, no real sense of urgency exists to eradicate the deadly disease that continues to consume thousands of heterosexual and homosexual men, women and children. Credit D.C. Appleseed -- a public-interest group working with lawyers from Hogan and Hartson who donated more than 4,000 hours toward a comprehensive research project on HIV/AIDS in the District -- for continuing to sound alarm bells that some finally are beginning to hear, but obviously still not enough.
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That'll Anacostia |
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By SuperUser Account on
3/15/2006
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In the southeast corner of Washington, D.C., the capital of the most powerful nation in history, lies a polluted, neglected neighborhood known as Anacostia. Slated for a grand renewal project centered on the local river that gives it its name, the area stands at the juncture of poverty and opportunity. If plans move forward, it will one day be a showcase of urban design, with revitalized neighborhoods, verdant parks, rolling pedestrian and bicycle paths, and an occasional eagle soaring overhead -- in other words, a paradise. Today, Anacostia is more of a nightmare.
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