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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.

How to Fix Social Security for Vulnerable Americans

July 5, 2018

(Editor’s Note: This story is part of a partnership between Chasing the Dream and Next Avenue.) By Richard Eisenberg We all know the Social Security system needs reforming to keep it solvent so Americans will continue receiving their promised benefits. But Social…

Older Renters Are Getting Squeezed

April 19, 2018

By: Richard Eisenberg (Editor’s Note: This story is part of a partnership between Next Avenue and Chasing the Dream, a public media initiative on poverty and opportunity.) Boomers and Gen Xers are now the most “rent-burdened” Americans, according to a new…

Why Unemployment Insurance Isn’t Working

April 16, 2018

By Richard Eisenberg Credit: Adobe Stock (Editor’s Note: This story is part of a partnership between Next Avenue and Chasing the Dream, a public media initiative on poverty and opportunity.) The 4.1 percent unemployment rate, its lowest since 2000, is great…

The Financial Challenges Facing Older Women

April 13, 2018

Editor’s Note: This story is part of a partnership between Chasing the Dream and Next Avenue. By Kerry Hannon It’s hard not to get a little down about the financial challenges many women over 50 face. I heard a lot…

Prosperity in America? Not for Low-Income People

February 6, 2018

Editor’s Note: This story is part of a partnership between Chasing the Dream and Next Avenue. By: Richard Eisenberg In his State of the Union address, President Trump said “there has never been a better time to start living the…

Getting To The Doctor Without A Car in Rural America

January 19, 2018

(Editor’s Note: This story is part of a partnership between Chasing the Dream and Next Avenue.) Part of the Strengthening Rural Health Care for Older Adults Special Report By Emily Gurnon   The scattered residents of rural southwest Virginia have…

Senate Aging Committee Spotlights Aging Workforce Challenges

December 7, 2017

(Editor’s Note: This story is part of a partnership between Chasing the Dream and Next Avenue.) By: Richard Eisenberg The challenges facing older workers, and older Americans who want to work, are abundant —ranging from age discrimination to employers’ unaccommodating…

Hiring Older Workers is Suddenly in Season

November 17, 2017

(Editor’s Note: This story is part of a partnership between Chasing the Dream and Next Avenue.) By Chris Farrell For more than 30 years, Bill Simonowicz drove his iconic UPS truck around the artsy Minnesota harbor town of Grand Marais…