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December 11, 2020
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Heather Souvaine Horn
The American Fetish for Elderly Elites
The United States has two speeds when it comes to older people: sycophancy for the powerful, contempt for everyone else.
November 30, 2020
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Ava Kofman
The Elderly Trapped in Bronxwood
Inside an assisted living facility at the center of New York City’s coronavirus outbreak
December 1, 2015
Suzy Khimm
How Hillary Clinton Is Making Aging Parents a 2016 Issue
America's "invisible workforce" of family caregivers desperately needs help—and Democratic proposals are a start, at least.
May 11, 2015
Brian Beutler
Mike Huckabee Is Prepared to Blow Up Republicans' Big Ruse
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