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Steve Nesius / Reuters Will Baby Boomers Change the Meaning of Retirement?
Many older Americans want and need to keep working, but that requires a major shift in the way the country thinks about the elderly.
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Alana Semuels The Trash Man Is Watching You
Some cities now charge residents based on how much garbage they produce. People cheat. In comes the enforcer.
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AP The U.S. Supreme Court Walks a Fine Line on Race
A 5-4 decision limits the use of policies that cause segregation, but not segregation itself.
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Lee Celano / Reuters Supreme Court vs. Neighborhood Segregation
In a surprising move on Thursday, the United States’ highest court ruled that policies even inadvertently relegating minorities to poor areas violate the Fair Housing Act.
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Siegfried Modola / Reuters Can Jobs Deter Crime?
A study finds that earning even a little more through legitimate work can lure people away from illicit activity.
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National Journal Passing on a Love of Reading to the Young
AARP's Experience Corps harnesses the skills of retired professionals who want a chance to give back.
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Alana Semuels How Housing Policy Is Failing America's Poor
Section 8 was intended to help people escape poverty, but instead it’s trapping them in it.
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Eric Thayer / Reuters The Recession's Racial Slant
By 2031, the downturn will have decreased the wealth of the median black household by almost $100,000.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters When Do Americans Think They'll Actually Retire?
The majority of workers would like to retire by 65, but only those making $100,000 or more expect that they'll do so.
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National Journal How to Grow Older With Comfort and Purpose
As baby boomers reach retirement age, many are rethinking what the later stages of life should look like.
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National Journal When Is the Ideal (and Actual) Retirement Age?
The ideal age to retire falls somewhere between the ages of 60 to 65, according to a new Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll.
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Andrew Burton / Reuters Confirmed: Millennials' Top Financial Concern Is Student-Loan Debt
They’re also still worried about wealth accumulation and saving enough to buy a home.
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Seattle Municipal Archives Has America Given Up on the Dream of Racial Integration?
Across the country, communities are starkly divided, with African Americans living in one section and whites living in another, and a lot of people seem to be okay with that.
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Jim Young / Reuters Most Millennials Want to Own Homes
They just don't think they can afford them.
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Stephen Lam / Reuters When It Comes to Getting a Job, Americans Believe Skills Trump College
People see social intelligence and computer knowledge as more important than a four-year degree in preparing for the workplace, according to a new poll.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Obama, Stuck in Neutral
Americans' views of the president haven't improved much during his second term, a new study finds.
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National Journal The Debt Dilemma
Student loans are weighing more heavily on today's young people than they did on earlier generations, the latest Heartland Monitor poll finds.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters California's Stand on Behalf of Uber Drivers
The state rules that the ride-sharing company must treat one worker as an employee.
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National Journal Obama's Stalled Recovery
Though the president has revived from his second-term nadir, he shows little momentum in new Heartland Poll.
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Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters The Institution of Marriage: Still Going Strong
Despite stereotypes to the contrary, America’s young people embrace the idea of marriage, though they understand it to mean something different than it once did.
