Today is the Day We've Been Fighting For!
Today is October 1st. Yesterday, as we put the final touches on this week's Black AIDS Weekly, we didn't know whether our government would be shut down today or not. What we do know is that today is the first day of open enrollment for the statewide health insurance exchanges.
What Does DJ Mister Cee's Coming Out Mean to Hip-Hop?
Fifteen years ago on the New York City radio station Hot 97, on-air personality Wendy Williams became infamous for her hateful witch hunt for "the gay rapper." She compiled a list of performers whom she suspected of being homosexual and made insinuating about them a daily sport.
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Highlights From Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference
Last week, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. held their 43rd Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., where African-American representatives in Congress interface with their constituents and other district stakeholders about policies that best serve black communities. It's an event that in recent years have been draped in scandal, as when newspapers reported questionable spending on the affair and alleged steering of awards and scholarships to family members of the Caucus. Other years brought shock, like when Obama told them to "stop complaining."
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FAQ: How Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Is Changing
United Parcel Service got attention by dropping some working spouses from its health plan and partly blaming the Affordable Care Act. But UPS's move is only one among many changes in employer health insurance, most of them having little to do with the health law.
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Expect Snags As The Affordable Care Act Rolls Out
There will be glitches when the major provisions of the Affordable Care Act are implemented starting Oct. 1. Huge glitches. Many glitches. Bet on it.
That is a prediction not only from those resolutely opposed to the ACA. Even those quite excited about President Barack Obama's federal health law have the same expectation: The rollout of the biggest new social program in nearly 50 years is not going to be pretty.
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