Rethinking Church and Religion in a Post-Pandemic World
By Rev. Alexis Lillie Associate Pastor, Church of the Village For the first time in the country’s recorded history, the majority of Americans do not […]
Covid Clinicians, Like HIV/AIDS Caregivers, Suffer Untreated PTSD
By Robert Kroll Long after the advent of palliatives for AIDS and anti-retroviral drugs, University of Maryland virologist and HIV/AIDS specialist Dr. Carla Alexander was […]
The Story of Michael Konnon: How the Son of Greek Immigrants Founded One of the World’s First HIV/AIDS Specialty Pharmacies
By Anastasia Kaliabakos The 1980’s marked the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in New York City. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, commonly referred to as AIDS, is […]
Just Imagine
By Ed Chinery Last year at this time, when quarantine was only a couple of months old, I couldn’t seem to escape the frightening voice […]
Artwork by Machine Dazzle
Machine Dazzle has been dazzling stages via costumes, sets, and performance since his arrival in New York in 1994. Notably, he has collaborated with Julie […]
Mom and Her HIV+ Son
By an Anonymous Mother November 21, 2010 was like any other day. Two of my three children came for a visit. We were so happy […]
Black Queer Here: Saint Pauli Murray
Interview by Dee Dee Perry Throughout Pauli Murray’s earthly journey (1910–1985), the activist carried many labels: Black, Queer, Attorney, Professor, Poet, and Priest are only […]
Full Stop, Full Disclosure
By Maggie Kneip After my husband died of full-blown AIDS any talk of him came to a full-stop. I was reminded of this recently, and […]
The Need for HIV Screening and Treatment Behind the Prison Wall
By Aakash Shah and James McGreevey The contours of his expression relaxed. The wrinkles on his face grew less tense. “Doc, I didn’t even know […]
A POCs on This House: African American Mistrust of the US Healthcare System
By Nathanael L. Holley Sometimes, I have moments when I really want to get a COVID-19 vaccine. I say to myself, Nate, this is science, […]
Knowledge Is Power: Power Is Kindness
By Dale Atkins, Ph.D. When I think about AIDS 40 years ago, I’m sad, of course. Like so many of us, I lost good friends […]
The Day the Village Stood Still: Biden’s 2021 American Rescue Plan
By Roger Paradiso A little over one year ago, the Village was shut down due to the worst pandemic since the 1918 influenza pandemic. I […]
Andrew Berman, Village Activist Extraordinaire
By Carol Yost Andrew Berman, executive director of the nonprofit Village Preservation (formerly known as the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation), has an impressive […]
Police Reform: NYC Breakthrough
By Brian J Pape, AIA The city’s newly adopted laws to combat sex traffickers, but avoid entangling their victims or those selling sex in the […]
Raising Up Womens’ Artistry, Uniting the West Village with Global Collaborators
By Hannah Reimann One of the most striking silver linings of our pandemic time is the power of women taking on everything from essential city […]
Your Guide to the Ballet Barre Practice
By Dana Jean Costantino Ballet Barre has quickly become one of the most sought after and popular forms of working out, both body and mind. […]
Lifetalk with Roberta Russell: Healing Through Alliance
By Roberta Russell I devoted much of the ‘80s to writing, and simultaneously living, a book about how to have a mutually therapeutic alliance—RD Laing […]
A Modern Dive into Antiquity
By Anastasia Kaliabakos The Titanic. The RMS Lusitania. The USS Arizona. All of these are famous ships tragically destroyed, their debris and broken parts submerged […]