Old-Age Poverty

My blood boils when I read comments about the Hennepin County medical examiner’s report that toxicology results from the autopsy of George Floyd found fentanyl and amphetamine. I hear the drumbeat of stigma and prejudice—stigma cast upon all drug users and prejudice against all black men. Mixed together, they demonstrate…

My blood boils when I read comments about the Hennepin County medical examiner’s report that toxicology results from the autopsy of George Floyd found fentanyl and amphetamine. I hear the drumbeat of stigma and prejudice—stigma cast upon all drug users and prejudice against all black men. Mixed together, they demonstrate…

These days, teaching graduating college seniors has me, as the Brits would say in the London Underground, “minding the gap.” In my case, however, it’s not the gap between the platform and the train I’m thinking of, but a couple of others: those between U.S. citizens and our government, as…

The Irish have found themselves in the front line of fighting the coronavirus pandemic around the globe. From the upper echelons of the World Health Organisation and working at the cutting edge of scientific research to develop a vaccine, to devising public health strategies to combat Covid-19 in New Zealand,…

The Irish have found themselves in the front line of fighting the coronavirus pandemic around the globe. From the upper echelons of the World Health Organisation and working at the cutting edge of scientific research to develop a vaccine, to devising public health strategies to combat Covid-19 in New Zealand,…

“A groundbreaking new study holds troubling news for millions of Americans now nearing retirement age,” pronounces an influential Washington, DC think tank. The study, authored by a prominent economist, finds that “More than 40% of households headed by someone between the ages of 47 and 64 will not be able…

By Gerald C. Koinyeneh Monrovia — A group of elderly residents residing in Samukai Field Community within the Logan Town area over the weekend benefited from a donation of fifteen bags of rice from the Prince & Tawa Foundation, a local humanitarian group. The Samukai Field Community is considered as…

STUFFNational recommits to a policy to raise the age of Superannuation eligibility to 67.The knives are out for NZ Super in its current form as the country faces up to the impact of Covid-19 on its long-term financial health. "A bunch of our sacred cows might be getting reviewed, and…

Here's What You Need To Remember:  Private First Class Irving Bromberg saw a huge puff of smoke erupt from the German tank’s cannon muzzle as it headed straight for his M4 Sherman tank. The round streaked past and missed. Bromberg sat next to the driver in the bow gunner’s seat…

Editor’s note: Some of our covid-19 coverage is free for readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. For more stories and our pandemic tracker, see our hubJANE KABAHUMA has been eating one meal a day since the end of March, when the lockdown began. She used to work in…