As the Vice Chair for the Broward County HIV Health Services Planning Council, witnessing this story, Hydeia Broadbent: Victim of a Broken System, shatters my soul. It underscores a stark reality: even with a national platform, our systems can still falter.

Humpback whales are magnificent animals, though they seem to be a bit shy around humans.

“How did your parents react when you came out?” is the first question I’ve been asked by members of the audience in my 50 years of public speaking.

It’s painfully clear that the failed January 6 insurrection was only the beginning of MAGA’s efforts to overthrow our government. They are engaged in a multi-front war to disfigure our democracy, destabilize our institutions, and remake America in their diseased image.