December 1 - World AIDS Day

The issue of AIDS is not something that we have focused on at all in the three months since we launched The Angry Progressives. However, it is obviously a huge problem both here in America and worldwide. It has economic, racial, and religious undertones and affects everyday Americans more than we know.

This Friday December 1 is World AIDS Day. People around the world will be gathering together to take action against AIDS in a variety of ways. Locally, Planned Parenthood branches across the country will be giving free HIV testing and counseling.

AIDS is a problem that is so large, and so complex, that often it seems like it would be better to move on to something smaller and easier to deal with. However, aside from donating millions of dollars to research for a cure, there are incremental things we as citizens can do to prevent the spread of the disease. We'll be delving into that issue, and how it affects other progressive causes, in the future.