WASHINGTON — It looks like President Barack Obama[1]‘s fickle health insurance website is finally starting to put up some respectable sign-up numbers, but its job only seems to have gotten harder. Two months in and out of the repair shop have left significantly less time to fulfill the White House goal of enrolling 7 million people by the end of open enrollment on March 31. Signups were just over 100,000 nationally as of the end of October. The 36 states served by the federal government’s website accounted for a paltry one-fourth of that, fewer than 27,000 people. But officials now say an additional 29,000 people enrolled through the revamped HealthCare.gov[3] in just two days at the start of this week, despite heavy volume that not long ago would have caused the system to lock up. HealthCare.gov is the online portal to subsidized private health insurance for people who don’t have job-based c ...
Radio One Founder and Chairperson Cathy Hughes[1] (pictured left) has issued a statement on the passing of South African icon Nelson Mandela[2] (pictured), discussing the time she had dinner with Madiba at Rev. Jesse Jackson’s home. “The world has lost a tremendous life force with the passing of Nelson Mandela, but has gained a legacy of commitment and struggle for justice and freedom. We mourn his departure, but celebrate his life as direct beneficiaries of his commitment and sacrifice. Nelson Mandela left the world in far better condition than it had been on the day of his birth, and we shall remain eternally grateful. The high point of my career and life was the evening I had dinner with him through the facilitation of Rev. Jesse Jackson. It was a fund-raiser at Rev. Jackson’s home, and he graciously seated me next to Babba Mandela, with my son seated directly behind us. To spend several hours in his presence, in the presence of God filled good, in the presence of compassion and f ...
Child star Kim Fields (pictured) gave birth to her second child, a boy named Quincy Xavier, on Tuesday at an Atlanta medical facility, according to People Magazine[1]. Even though the former “Facts of Life” and “Living Single” star is 44 years old and has raised the brows of a few of her fans because of her decision to conceive at a later age, she tells People Magazine, “If I’m encouraging to anybody…it’s not like I’m the poster child for over 40 and pregnant.” Motherhood among fortysomethings has become quite common, even though pushing childbirth to later in life can lessen fertility and/or risk disorders. Although fertility doctors warn about the risks of pushing parenthood too late, there are plenty of reasons to wait, and in Fields’ case, she had experienced two miscarriages prior to giving birth to Quincy. Fields has been married to Christopher Morgan since 2007, and they already have another son, 6-year-old Sebastian Alexander. ...
On Dec. 10, thousands of supporters will join together in a National Day of Prayer to strengthen the fight against pornography. Some of the groups allied with Morality in Media participating in this effort include Alliance Defending Freedom, American Family Association, Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America, Movieguide and many...
African National Congress President Nelson Mandela, center, leads unidentified members of the Patriotic Front, an alliance of black groups that support the ANC, into a meeting on Thursday, Jan. 13, 1994 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The group is meeting to discuss strategy for the upcoming April 27 national elections. (AP Photo/David Brauchli) Imagine for a second that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was not assassinated in 1968 but was instead jailed by the federal government for treason. RELATED: Top 10 Nelson Mandela Quotes[1] With the United States coming apart at the seams with open racial conflict between the races, a crumbling economy, and stiff international economic sanctions at play, imagine that Dr. King won release from prison 27 years later. It would be 1995, and the United States turned to King, a recently released prisoner in fair health, to help reverse America’s path toward the brink of self-destruction. RELATED: A Timeline Of Nelson Mandela’s Life[2] Implausible, right? Could ...
