Dambisa Moyo, author of “Dead Aid: Why Aid is not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa.” The book argues that western financial aid to African countries has actually hurt instead of helped. Program from Sunday, April 5, 2009.

Ten years ago, you could turned on T.V. at anytime and you would hear a report on AIDS. Why now is the disease such a dirty word? Especially since it’s claiming so many lives in the black community.

The character Lynn from the popular television show Girlfriends caught my attention on this issue. Years ago on an episode she made an AIDS documentary. The first lines in the film captures the reality of too many African-Americans.

“You are dying. Black women are dying. And AIDS is their Killer.”