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By Lori MontgomeryThe chairmen of President Obama's bipartisan deficit commission on Wednesday offered an aggressive plan to rebalance the federal budget by curbing increases in Social Security benefits, slashing spending at the Pentagon and other agencies, and wiping out more than $100 billion a year in…

By Paul Krugman.  Social Security turned 75 last week. It should have been a joyous occasion, a time to celebrate a program that has brought dignity and decency to the lives of older Americans. But the program is under attack, with some Democrats as well…

With unemployment figures on the rise and the economic recession wreaking havoc on retirement accounts, the Plus 50 Initiative at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is spearheading a movement by community colleges to help workers age 50 and over train for new jobs…

Original Source By JOHN LELAND JUSTIN WILLIAMS worked as an engineer at Honeywell International for 31 years, and when he retired last April, he knew he could not afford to stop working. His home in suburban Maryland, on which he had spent his 401(k) savings,…

Original Source Retirees looking for meaning and ways to use their skills and experience and nonprofits looking for seasoned talent have been slow to connect. But their parallel paths are now bending into arcs that create can-do circles, and ReServe, with a grant from the…

Community colleges court baby boomers searching for new career training Original Source By MARC PARRY, Staff writer TROY -- For Hope Melton, a public health professional, retirement felt like falling off a cliff. The 67-year-old from Saratoga Springs thought of pursuing a Ph.D., but that…

Elder Economic Security Initiative blog WASHINGTON, D.C. Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) announces the expansion of its Elder Economic Security Initiative™ program to Michigan, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Minnesota. The Initiative is a national campaign to ensure that all older Americans are able to age…

There was a time when Barbara Jacovitch says she was rejected as being too old for a job when she was in her 40s. Today, at age 69 the Chandler resident is working 32 hours a week as a customer service representative at the McKesson…

OUR VIEW: AS BALTIMORE'S EXPERIENCE SUGGESTS, A NEW NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM WOULD OFFER DIVIDENDS ACROSS THE AGES 27 Sep 2008 When Shirley Cherry was helping out at Guilford Elementary School a couple of years ago, a boy spoke rudely to her, and his teacher made…

by Geraldine Fabrikant NEW YORK: Before he retired from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. three years ago, Gary Holloway was cleaning up the remnants of the U.S. savings-and-loan crisis two decades earlier. His problems included selling leaky gas stations in Florida and the Thomas Ranch…