President Joe Biden, on Thursday, signed an executive order, directing the government health insurance markets to take new applications for subsidized benefits in the coming months. The new enrollment window opens on Feb. 15 and closes on May 15.
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Don’t swerve the culture war – that’s the lesson from Joe Biden to UK progressives | Owen Jones
The Democrats’ victory involved working with minorities and helping the working class. Keir Starmer, take heed
“Culture war” used to be a term inextricably linked with the maelstrom of US politics. Popularised by American sociologist James Davison Hunter in his 1991 book Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America, it described how socially progressive and conservative coalitions were locked in a seemingly eternal conflict. It could make for surprising alliances, he noted, citing Pr...
Biden reopens ACA enrollment for three months in opening bid to extend health coverage
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