No Continent for Young Men
The average African is 19 years old. The continent’s average politician is 62 and getting older — and more authoritarian.
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Downward Slope
After decades of rapid growth, the population of China is on the decline.
Japan’s Platinum Plan
The dystopian film Plan 75 imagines a society in which the aged willingly commit mass euthanasia — but it can’t imagine a society without class.
Where Communists Live Forever
Longevity on the Greek island of Ikaria remains a mystery. Could communism be the key to a longer and more fulfilling life?
AI-Assisted Apartheid
Israel wants to compile biometric profiles and security ratings for every resident of the West Bank. Amazon is helping.
Christmas in July
When and where organized labor’s been on the move.
Old Thieves Never Die
Some of the biggest heists we could find on Wikipedia were committed by the elderly.
The Glamour of Gerontocracy
What the famously elderly leaders of the Brezhnev-era Soviet Union meant for millions.
The Shah-mazing Case
The drama at the heart of the strangest season of Real Housewives was … elder fraud?
Canada’s Assisted Suicide Program Has Become a Nightmare
A medical assistance in dying program seemed like a step forward for choice and dignity. But it is beginning to look like a dystopian end run around the cost of providing long-term care.
“Social Security Insolvency” Is Code for Cutting Our Benefits
Fully funding Social Security isn’t hard. We should do it.