wildin' out
daily dos
wed 8/27/2008
T-Pain goes crazy with computer animation on the video for "Can't Believe It," featuring Lil Wayne. Common keeps it simple in Announcement featuring Pharrell. (via Concreteloop)
wildin' out
daily dos
wed 8/27/2008
The number of New York City residents who contracted the HIV virus in 2006 is three times higher than the national average, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
fittin' to ride
daily dos
wed 8/6/2008
Illegal Immigrants have a higher risk of being infected with AIDS, according to a report by the California HIV/AIDS Research Program at the University of California. The report concludes that undocumented Mexican men are more likely to take drugs, sell their bodies for sex and engage in unprotected sex with prostitutes.
shyness is nice
daily dos
tue 8/5/2008
Immigrant children are less physically active than U.S.-born kids, according to a study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. The study concludes that immigrant children often concentrate on reading and language lessons and have less time for exercise as well as less access to play areas.
guess what
daily dos
mon 8/4/2008
The number of Americans infected with AIDS is 40 percent higher than originally reported by the U.S. government, according to the most recent estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
guess what
daily dos
mon 8/4/2008
The New York Times profiles Luis Alberto Jiménez, one of many undocumented immigrants who are deported to their native countries after being hospitalized for serious illnesses and/or injuries.
puff, puff, pass
daily dos
wed 7/30/2008

(image by aforero via flickr)
U.S. Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts has proposed legislation that would allow marijuana users to carry less than 100 grams of pot without being arrested: "I don't think it is the government's business to tell you how to spend your leisure time."
puff, puff, pass
daily dos
wed 7/30/2008

(image by aforero via flickr)
Dr. David Acheson of the Food and Drug Administration has announced that a serrano pepper from a farm in Nuevo Leon, México – not raw jalapeños – is the "smoking gun" that caused a salmonella outbreak in the U.S.
d talks
daily dos
wed 7/23/2008
The rate of Latino immigrants infected with HIV and AIDS is on the rise. According to federal officials, Latinos represented 22 percent of new HIV and AIDS cases in the U.S, despite making up only 14 percent of the U.S. population. Frank Galvan of the Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science: "You combine the economic pressures, loneliness and immigration worries, and it pushes these individuals to be a hidden population."

