42 years ago today, the NYT published its first coverage of what would be the AIDS epidemic. It would be difficult to overstate the centrality of And the Band Played On to my personal and professional development in health politics and public health research. I wish we’d learned more lessons from this period, but am grateful to be able to teach this important but painful history to my students.

Kathleen Doermer, 74, is the oldest student graduating from the University of South Florida this spring. Now she wants to help other students like her get their degrees.
https://t.co/zujslHUUMx

The Bay Area has the highest number of billionaires in the world and the second highest number of centi-billionaires. There are 285,000 millionaires, whose numbers exploded during the pandemic.

Meanwhile, relative and absolute inequality has continued to grow. In SF, the number of people living in poverty has gone from 7% to more than 11%. 1 in 9 children in San Francisco live in poverty.

These folks can drop millions of dollars into political campaigns to build political power like we buy a burrito. They can set the agenda and control the narrative.

RT: https://sfba.social/users/coolgrey/statuses/110284281662038326