As the 2020 election cycle heats up, climate change has become a major election year issue for many voters. In fact, when Next Avenue asked its readers for the election issues that matter most to them, climate change was No. 1. And as the chart below s… Continue reading
Librarians. Airplane mechanics. Radiologists. Letter carriers. Musicians. Hotel workers. Glaziers. Actors. House painters. Labor unions represent individuals in these professions and others, well beyond the more commonly known unionized jobs such as te… Continue reading
(This article is an updated version of a 2018 Next Avenue story.) Here are two safe forecasts, the kind you can count on. First, the U.S. economy will sink into a recession. Second, no one knows when the recession will arrive. Taken altogether, these t… Continue reading
Ageism can creep into public policy and negatively affect millions of older Americans. A prime example: the nation’s failure to prevent elder abuse despite the upcoming 10th anniversary of the bipartisan Elder Justice Act in March 2020. Passing that la… Continue reading
At Next Avenue, a public media website for people 50+, we know our readers care deeply about the 2020 presidential election. To find out which election issues matter most to them, we asked readers to tell us their top three. Some 209 readers responded,… Continue reading
Dire jeremiads about America’s looming retirement crisis are so common that it seems retirementcrisis is one word. The doom-and-gloom narrative goes something like this: Spendthrift Americans aren’t saving enough, so their living standards will plunge … Continue reading
George Vrandenburg, the co-founder and chairman of the UsAgainstAlzheimer’s advocacy group is a man on a mission. And he is in a hurry. He’s not prepared to wait until 2025, the federal government’s deadline to recommend next-step solutions for Alzheim… Continue reading
I’ve been studying the candidates running for president, searching for ideas they have to bring us together as a nation. As a former board member of the federal Corporation for National and Community Service (which includes AmeriCorps and Senior Corps)… Continue reading
Rep. Eric Swalwell got the high-impact moment he wanted in the June 2019 Democratic presidential debates when he said: “Joe Biden was right when he said it was time to pass the torch to a new generation of Americans 32 years ago. He’s still right today… Continue reading
If your spouse or partner wakes up in the middle of the night complaining of chest pain, which of these would you choose?: 1) Call 911 for an ambulance or 2) fire up your computer, go online to compare prices for cardiac care at nearby hospitals, pick … Continue reading