Democrats Got Tough on Crime. Now There’s a Crisis of Aging Behind Bars. Democrats Got Tough on Crime. Now There’s a Crisis of Aging Behind Bars.
California and New York legislators are trying to undo the damage caused since the 1994 Crime Bill. But elder parole isn’t working as hoped.
Dec 14, 2022 / Feature / Victoria Law
It’s Time to End the Medicare Advantage Scam It’s Time to End the Medicare Advantage Scam
It is long past time for Congress to give consumers better information about their health care options.
Dec 9, 2022 / Rep. Ro Khanna, Rep. Mark Pocan, and Wendell Potter
Imagining a Better Way to Grow Old in America Imagining a Better Way to Grow Old in America
If Americans approached aging and disability not as an individual crisis but as a collective responsibility, what kind of safety net could we build?
Jul 16, 2021 / Feature / Bryce Covert
#FreeBritney Is Damn Right #FreeBritney Is Damn Right
The law has failed Britney Spears and likely many others—young, old, often female. Now it’s time to change it.
Jun 25, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Biden’s ‘Transformative’ Plan Redefines Infrastructure to Include Caregiving Biden’s ‘Transformative’ Plan Redefines Infrastructure to Include Caregiving
Biden wants to put $400 billion toward expanding quality home or community care. Ai-jen Poo tells The Nation that’s “historic” progress.
Apr 1, 2021 / John Nichols
A Woman’s Life A Woman’s Life
Some 60,000 nursing home residents have died of the virus. How did they live?
Oct 14, 2020 / Something Is Happening Here / JoAnn Wypijewski
Letters From the September 21/28, 2020, Issue Letters From the September 21/28, 2020, Issue
Prey without predators… The costs of long-term care…
Sep 8, 2020 / Letters / Our Readers
It’s Time to Abolish Nursing Homes It’s Time to Abolish Nursing Homes
If three out of four Americans want to spend their final years at home, why do so many of us end up in institutional care?
Aug 11, 2020 / Feature / Sara Luterman
As Covid Slams Us, Elders Want Solidarity, Not Sentiment—or Blame As Covid Slams Us, Elders Want Solidarity, Not Sentiment—or Blame
No generation has a monopoly on justice, or responsibility.
Aug 5, 2020 / no-paywall / Judith Levine
Why Has Society Failed to Integrate Grief Into Public Life? Why Has Society Failed to Integrate Grief Into Public Life?
We talked to Rachel Kauder Nalebuff about the politics of care, mourning, and her new book, Stages: On Dying, Working, and Feeling.