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New America Media, Profile, Viji Sundaram
Photo: Brenda Washington in her tiny room, its shared bathroom down the hall. ..
As life expectancy continues to lengthen and people are choosing to become parents at much later times in their lives, we’re seeing more couples successfully raising children to adulthood...
New America Media, News Analysis, Paul Kleyman
“Facts on Ethnic Elders” is a monthly column on research findings about ethnic elders present and future...
Los Angeles Sentinel/New America Media , News Feature, Thandisizwe Chimurenga
Photo: Digital Elders Denise Davidson, 53 (left), with Peggy Powell, 76, comparing notes on smart phone use...
New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram
PALO ALTO, Calif. – For weeks now, the media has been pouring out news about former South African President Nelson Mandela’s illness and repeated hospital stays...
New America Media, News Analysis, Paul Kleyman
SAN FRANCISCO–As the debate over immigration reform tugs predictably back in Washington, an undercurrent of ageism and disability bias has been flowing beneath more obvious racial and class implications...
International Examiner , Commentary, Christine Takada, Posted: Apr 05, 2013
Photo: Andrelina “Elna” Orbeta, 79, works helping seniors who phone a Seattle nonprofit...
L.A. Watts Times/New America Media, News Analysis, Thandisizwe Chimurenga, Posted: Jan 12, 2013
LOS ANGELES–The dreaded “fiscal cliff” of government spending cuts and tax raises that was to take effect on January 1 has been averted for now, thanks to an agreement by the White House and Congress reached last week...
Reporting on Health/New America Media, News Analysis, Eileen Beal, Posted: Jan 09, 2013
Photo: Nile Sprague/HelpAge International
SAN DIEGO–Keeping older people healthy so they can be independent and productive well into their 70s – and even 80s – isn’t just a medical challenge, it’s also an economic challenge, said Michael W...
HuffPost Voces/New America Media, News Analysis, Yolanda Gonzalez Gomez, Posted:Dec 26, 2012
Photo: Paula and Manuel Cisneros (Yolanda Gonzalez Gomez/HuffPost Voces)
DALLAS, Texas–For Paula and Manuel Cisneros, every day is a challenge of survival...
Physician’s Money Digest / New America Media, News Analysis, Eric Anderson, Posted:Dec 15, 2012
SAN DIEGO–Academic experts in aging stand on their college and university hilltops watching the health care battles going on down below...
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