By Diane Eastabrook (Read all of Next Avenue’s COVID-19 coverage geared toward keeping older generations informed, safe and prepared.) In the DC Comics town of Metropolis, the townsfolk had Superman to protect them from villains like Lex Luthor, Brainiac and Darkseid. But…
The coronavirus outbreak, we know, is a health crisis and a national economic crisis. It’s also, for many Americans, a personal-finance crisis.
Numerous states are counting on older health care professionals to rejoin or stay with the workforce to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
By Ashton Applewhite 2016 Influencer of the Year (Read all of Next Avenue’s COVID-19 coverage geared toward keeping older generations informed, safe and prepared.) Across caregiving and community, business and intergenerational attitudes, the pandemic and how we respond to it could change us…
Celeste Headlee, the author behind the book titled, Do Nothing, offers advice for dealing with the stress of coronavirus and working from home.
With the coronavirus spread, I’ve seen a rush of companies telling employees to work from home, including Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon.
Only a quarter of women surveyed living in the U.S. believe they’re on course to achieve their retirement income needs.
Here’s more about what surveys find are today’s financial pain points, and ways Americans and employers can relieve some of the stress:
(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…
In this post-Recession era of economic uncertainty, financial security has been increasingly elusive for many Americans, calling into question how the labor market can promote wealth accumulation for workers.
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…
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…