Old-Age Poverty

Apropos the editorial, “Not a time to panic” (March 13), it is imperative to take action against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic but we are fearing an apocalypse and reacting accordingly in sheer madness. Conferences and public events have been cancelled, weddings postponed and schools have been closed fearing the spread…

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The coronavirus is much, much more dangerous for the elderly than the young. A epidemiological study released several weeks ago by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention that found an overall Covid-19 case-fatality rate of 2.3% put the rate at 3.6% for those 60 to 69, 8% for those…

Coronavirus is accomplishing in a matter of weeks what Democrats’ Green New Deal could only hope to do. Crushing capitalism, putting the oil and gas industry into panic, ending travel, and controlling population would all be deliberate consequences of the radical Green New Deal. So its supporters—Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sen.…

I don’t generally buy into the “greedy-geezer” narrative when it comes to entitlement reform. And yet it’s hard to find a flattering description for a generation that demands to receive Social Security benefits that it refused to pay for. That’s in fact what happened over the past 30 years and…

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Asra enquiring about the well-being of an inmate of the old-age home run by a Hindu philanthropist in Karimnagar town.   | Photo Credit: K.M. Dayashankar Asrath Fathima serves inmates of a Hindu-run orphanage In one of the shining examples of communal harmony in the district, a Muslim woman is…

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New research highlights the need for unconscious bias training in the workplace Getty Yesterday marked International Women’s Day and the conversation around women’s rights and gender equality, though rarely dormant, has once again reached a fever pitch - particularly the subject of equal pay. With research from the European Parliament…

How can we centre community organising and mutual aid in response to coronavirus? Some of the environmentalists and leftists I know tell me not to be fooled by the mainstream hype about covid-19. Others are pleased that the lockout in China has reduced pollution. Some say the real issue is…

Mandatory parenthood is a trap that can turn out to be hard to avoid for a person who doesn’t want children. In my opinion, if somebody doubts about whether they want children, it is safer to stay childfree, because regretting not having a child is better than regretting being a…