Three Big Financial Pain Points for Americans — And How to Avoid Them
Here’s more about what surveys find are today’s financial pain points, and ways Americans and employers can relieve some of the stress:
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From finding and starting a new job or career to financial planning during retirement, older Americans face a unique set of challenges when it comes to financial security, jobs, and opportunity. In partnership with Next Avenue, public media’s first and only national journalism service for America’s booming older population, find stories here about older Americans, jobs, poverty, and economic opportunity.
On Labor Day, Workers Celebrate the Benefits of Union Membership
Librarians. Airplane mechanics. Radiologists. Letter carriers. Musicians. Hotel workers. Glaziers. Actors. House painters. Labor unions represent individuals in these professions and others, well beyond the more commonly known unionized jobs such as teachers, truck drivers and steelworkers. Monday, Sept. 2,…
How to Retire on A Shoestring Budget
BY: Debbie L. Miller In May, 2019, Joan and Steve Reid, both 67, retired and moved from the affluent New York City suburb of Pearl River, N.Y., to the oceanfront community of Vero Beach, Fla. Their aim: retiring on a shoestring.…
Is It Time for Government to Offer Universal Family Care?
The idea behind a plan for child care, paid family leave and long-term care.
This LGBTQ-inclusive affordable housing for older adults will be the largest in the nation
In the heart of Brooklyn, a community in great need is welcomed home. 1,000 people eagerly sent their applications in on the first day.
What’s behind McDonald’s effort to bring on more older workers?
With McDonald’s pledge, the company committed to putting all of its current openings — 58,000 jobs across the country — on the AARP job board.
What women, employers and the government can do about the gender pay gap
While the wage gap may not vanish anytime soon, there are steps that women, employers and the government could take to lessen the disparity.
Forced Retirement: What is it and what can you do about it?
In an era of company downsizing and consolidation, older and more highly paid employees employees are being put on the chopping block.
The seven life lessons I’ve learned living on $3 a day
There are millions of older adults who are economically insecure with some either living at, or below, 250 percent of the federal poverty level.
This Social Security Fix Can Help the Poorest Retirees
Is it time to change the program's cost-of-living adjustment formula?