Old-Age Poverty

Second teacher strike set for today, Dec. 11 Like many, I watched the press coverage. Doug Ford’s defenders say teachers make $92K per year plus pension (union says $88K — who even has a union anymore?), while regular old average Ontarians, facing poverty in…

December 11th, 2019 by Steve Hanley  TIME magazine has named Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg as its Person of the Year for 2019. In an article announcing the award, TIME correspondents Charlotte Alter, Suyin Haynes, and Justin Worland write, Unless they agr…

My friend, Faith Salie, stirred up a lot of trouble on last week's show with an essay about the phrase "OK, Boomer," the Millennial Generation's way of waving away the opinions, instructions and interference of old people – people like me! I take no offense.…

No technological trick has done more to shape our experience of TV football than the slow motion instant replay. Its a visual storytelling device that exposes the grace and athleticism that are otherwise invisible amid lightning-fast action. Slow motion lets …

Few issues better illustrate the leftward shift of American economic policy than Social Security. In the late 1990s, moderate Democrats such as Senators Daniel Patrick Moynihan and John Breaux proposed fixing Social Securitys finances through a combination of…

According to the survey by Deutsche Bank with opinion research institute Ipsos, every second person in Germany has concerns about being able to live comfortably when they get older, while almost as many lack the means for private provision. The study found m…

In the north Wales town of Aberconwy, Liam McGuinness (12) explains why he is canvassing for 25-year-old Labour candidate Emily Owen. He became politically engaged at the age of seven and now talks fluently about old people not being able to get social care a…

Bianca-Ann Baxter boarded a plane for the very first time on Tuesday. She traveled more than 16,000 kilometers (10,000 miles) and crossed three continents, as is standard for antipodeans venturing north of the equator. But this wasn't any ordinary trip. The …

Patrice Philippe cannot shake off a feeling of injustice since he lost his right eye to a police weapon at the first ever protest he attended, on Dec. 8, 2018. That day, my life took a 180-degree turn, he told Foreign Policy. As a hauler, without my eye, I au…

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and other stakeholders have tasked the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to ensure legislation for older persons in the region. The stakeholders also urged all individual countries under ECOWAS to …