AIDS In D.C.: Tunring Anger into Action

This article is about the epidemic happening right here in our nation's capital. Washington DC is home to the worst HIV/AIDS rate in the country. One in 20 DC residents are infected with the disease, in some neighborhoods, the number is even higher. Nicole Styles, a woman trying to help spread AIDS awareness by passing out free condom kits and encouraging everyone to use them. She feels the government should have called a state of emergency in light of these staggering cases of HIV/AIDS. Most of these cases are black or gay. It is unfortunate that our government has done little if any to help those who are infected, and help those from getting infected by spreading awareness, and having programs to educate people on this horrific disease. Here is the website for this article: http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=3905808&page=1