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Senior citizens
Senior citizens news and analysis from The Nation
May 13, 2019
When Americans age or need help with the basic tasks of living, they often have no one to turn to but their family members. A groundbreaking program in Washington will change that for residents of the state.
March 29, 2019
It’s time to face this country’s looming retirement crisis.
July 19, 2018
A plan for paid family leave put forward by Marco Rubio and Ivanka Trump would steal from the elderly.
May 29, 2018
The criminal-justice system is failing to deal with our aging prison population in a humane way.
January 19, 2018
A New York State rule is standing in the way of home-care workers’ earning their rightful pay, and care recipients’ getting the attention they deserve.
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September 29, 2017
An interview with Nomadland author Jessica Bruder on America’s new, precarious old age.
October 5, 2016
The author on sexism, aging, and the radical possibilities of imaginative story telling.
June 3, 2016
The president’s call to strengthen the program is a change of heart, and a breathtaking salute to the Vermont senator.
March 7, 2016
Social Security is the most powerful tool available to lift people out of poverty.
October 27, 2015
Danish architect Deane Simpson explores this vexing question in his book Young-Old: Urban Utopias of an Aging Society.
