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Another Kind of AIDS Crisis
NOVEMBER 9, 2009, New York
A striking number of HIV patients are living longer but getting older faster — showing early signs of dementia and bone weakness usually seen in the elderly. |
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Love Among The Ruins
OCTOBER 2008, The Oprah Magazine
It was long ago and it was far away, but for the ONE OUT OF SIX American men who were SEXUALLY ABUSED as children, the results are always present, deeply corrosive, and wildly contagious. |
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Amina Lawal: Center of the Storm
2004, Unpublished
Amina Lawal was not smiling. She didn’t even meet my gaze when we finally met, after more than a month of planning, on the footpath outside the mud-hewn home in rural Nigeria she shares with her parents. |
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The Catskills Gas Rush
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008, New York
It was a weekend house—until I got a letter from the landman, telling me I was living on a huge, untapped source of natural gas. Riches beckoned. How much were my environmental principles really worth? |
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Another AIDS Casualty
APRIL 7, 2008, New York
Dr. Ramon Torres was a hero on the front lines against the epidemic for over a decade. It was when the war began to be won that he got lost. |
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We All Forgot the Condom
SEPTEMBER 2008, GQ
With every new setback and breakthrough—including sensational word of a new “morning after” pill—gay men have been changing their behavior, adopting ingenious methods to keep the virus at bay. As a result, the one commandment of the past twenty-five years—always wear a condom—is fast becoming a relic. |
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BIO
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A former Newsweek senior editor, David France is a contributing editor for New York magazine. His work is published widely, including in GQ, the New York Times Magazine , The New Yorker , Vanity Fair , and Rolling Stone . He has written three books, including "Our Fathers," an acclaimed investigation of the Catholic Church sexual abuse crisis, and the New York Times bestseller “The Confession,” with Governor James E. McGreevey. Several films have been inspired by his work, beginning with "Thanks of a Grateful Nation," a controversial Showtime miniseries about the first Gulf War, and the Peabody Award winner "Soldier's Girl," about a private's murder. “Our Fathers,” a Showtime adaptation of his book, was nominated for Emmys and a Writers Guild of America award. A graduate of Kalamazoo College, France now lives in New York City and New Kingston, New York.
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