‘We are living in reverse’: Fragile HIV funding puts another strain on Kansas City’s safety net

Roberto Archuleta was 21 years old in 1991 when he found out he was HIV-positive. At the time, the only medications available to treat the virus were difficult to tolerate and often ineffective. Being diagnosed was commonly a death sentence — something Archuleta, then a hairstylist in Kansas City, witnessed too often. An old snapshot […]