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Biden’s Jobs Plan Will Help Seniors Get Care at Home

Biden’s Jobs Plan Will Help Seniors Get Care at Home

| Apr 7, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedAs the nation’s population ages, the need for more care workers and safer, more affordable care options is urgent. By 2050, the number of individuals in need of long-term care services will likely double from 13 million in 2000 to over 27 million people. To address...
Small Towns and Rural Communities Need Transit, Too

Small Towns and Rural Communities Need Transit, Too

| Feb 24, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors PicksWith the pandemic taking a devastating toll on local budgets, the U.S. public transit system is battling to survive. For much of the country, this funding crisis jeopardizes an already withering lifeline. For many Americans, public transit is the only option to get to...
Make This Election About Care

Make This Election About Care

| Oct 28, 2020 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMy mother is a Black woman. But when I had to place her in nursing home care in 2016, I intentionally chose a home in a largely white community. Why? Because she was more likely to survive there. Let me explain. After President Trump’s recent COVID-19 hospitalization,...
Trump to Seniors: Drop Dead

Trump to Seniors: Drop Dead

| Oct 21, 2020 | Environment / Health|HP Featured|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI’m of the generation that was born during World War II. We’re now in our mid-to-late 70s. We were a little pre-boomer, but many of us joined or led the rights revolutions of the 1960s, struggled against the Vietnam War, and hoped to make the world more just,...
In the Age of COVID, Elder Care Should Be an Election Issue

In the Age of COVID, Elder Care Should Be an Election Issue

| Sep 2, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedEven before the COVID-19 pandemic, many people — including my parents — said they’d rather die than end up in a nursing home. So when my mother suffered a brain aneurysm and became severely disabled at the age of 57, my father and I cared for her at home. I had two...
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