Ashton Applewhite and Her Manifesto Against Ageism

Imagine being in the crowd at a bullfight; the feeling of being terrified for the matador in the ring, worried about what you might see and turning away in fear because you don’t want to experience what’s going to happen next. But if you’re the matador… Continue reading

Working Longer in America: Prospects and Problems

Working into your 60s and perhaps 70s is one way to offset a lack of retirement savings and to remain engaged. But how possible is it really? “More and more of us want, and need, to be working longer than we can,” said Ruth Finkelstein, director of the… Continue reading

Judge rules against condo board’s discriminatory swimming pool rule

The ACLU announced a victory in a discrimination suit against a New Jersey condominium community for seniors that enforced a policy that limited tenants’ pool usage based on their gender. Continue reading

Facebook’s ad targeting was more exclusionary than most realized

Advertisers were offered thousands of attributes to choose from to exclude based on user data collected by Facebook, including words like “foreigner.” Continue reading

HUD charges Facebook with housing discrimination

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban development is charging Facebook with discrimination over its online advertising program, saying that the social networking giant  “unlawfully discriminates based on race, color, national origin, religion, famil… Continue reading

Are Concerns About Age Discrimination by Employers Overblown?

Talk to a job seeker over 50 and you’ll likely hear frustration, if not anger, about perceived age discrimination by employers. Many 50+ job hunters believe their age has kept them from getting hired or even getting a job interview. But Philip Taylor, … Continue reading

Assessing Trump’s First 2 Years for Older Americans

The first half of the Trump administration is over, so it’s an opportune time to evaluate how older Americans have fared under the president’s policies over the past two years. As someone who reports and writes frequently (and without a political bias)… Continue reading

Next Avenue Editors’ Picks of 2018

We published hundreds and hundreds of stories this year in the areas of health, money, work and purpose, living, caregiving and technology — all with the mission of serving older adults through the power of public media. Among our four editors, they ch… Continue reading

The Ways Inequality Affects Black Americans at the End of Life

(Editor’s note: This content is provided by The John A. Hartford Foundation, a Next Avenue sponsor.) Jodi Savage was her grandmother’s caretaker in her last days. Like many black Americans, her grandmother’s cultural beliefs and religious background le… Continue reading

Peter Gosselin: Muckraking Journalist on the Aging Beat

Peter Gosselin, a 2018 Influencer in Aging, has had a long and illustrious career as a journalist, but his biggest and most important story may have been the exposé he and reporter Ariana Tobin recently wrote for ProPublica: “Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM… Continue reading