New America Media (NAM) has a great two part series on end-of-life issues for ethnic elders. Reporter Julie Pham focuses on the Vietnamese, Somali, and Latino populations in Seattle. Part one focuses on how most ethnic elders knew little about or were reluctant to vote on the physician assisted suicide law in Washington. In part [...]
Aging in the Inland Empire: Redefining Poverty & the ‘New’ Poor — Part II — African-American Elders in Peril New America Media, News Report, Linnie Frank Bailey, Posted: Sep 11, 2009 This is the second in a two-part series examining the plight of African-American elders and people with disabilities in Southern California’s Inland Empire. New [...]
1. Health Care Reform School By Paul Kleyman Editor’s Note: Seasoned aging and elder issues commentator Paul Kleyman remixes the news–and misinformation–on health care reform as he pronounces “The Boomers are coming!” Many conservative news sources have distorted the stats on Obama’s victory, Kleyman argues, especially when it comes to the assumption of conservatism among [...]