elderly

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/8/2020
  

  The Forgotten History of the Radical ‘Elders of the Tribe’

  by Susan J. Douglas

  The Gray Panthers fought for the civil rights, social services and respect denied to older Americans. But they did so by challenging inequality in ways that sought alliances instead of antagonism between young and old. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/4/2020
  

  They Survived the Holocaust. Now They’re Confronting the Virus.

  The generation that endured Nazi death camps is especially vulnerable to the pandemic.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/28/2020
  

  They Survived the Spanish Flu, the Depression and the Holocaust: They Have Some Advice For You

  Two extraordinary women — one 101, the other 95 — lived through the worst of the 20th century. They have some advice for you.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/14/2020
  

  Older Americans are More Worried About Coronavirus—Unless They’re Republican

  Almost no Democrats of retirement age identify Fox News as their main source of political or election news. Fully half of Republicans did.