Tag: aging

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For older adults, unemployment remains high, job searches long

While the economy takes tentative steps toward recovery, for older Americans, that recovery is elusive. With high unemployment rates already, their time spent looking for a new job is much, much longer than average....
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Peace Corps looking for more volunteers among AARP age group

For the Peace Corps, there's a group of untapped Americans it's hoping to turn to as volunteers. The organization is partnering with the AARP to try and reach more retirement-age people....
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Godmothers of Chick Rock release a new album

June and Jean Millington, trailblazers of rock and roll, have released a new album, Play Like A Girl — and they're doing it while they battle a new form of discrimination: ageism. ...
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The Tavis Smiley Show's "Poverty in America" – Seniors

9 million older adults don't know where their next meal is coming from. Making ends meet is a daily struggle....
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The Tavis Smiley Show's "Poverty in America" – Hunger

New census data shows that 46 million people live in poverty in the United States. That's about one out of every six Americans....
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Facing the rest of your life

Stories of people who have chosen to face the rest of their lives in some unusual ways -- that somehow worked out just right....
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Aging artfully

A look at the life cycles of artistic creativity -- with musician Nick Lowe, author Amy Gorman and screen writer Millard Kaufman....
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