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On a day-to-day level, the way we interact with the people around us is shaped by our expectations, which are rooted in our experience. Most adults experience more regular and intensive contact with adults of roughly the same age as them. It is no surprise then – as a cursory…

Care workers kept the industry going in the Covid years on low wages at great personal cost – yet many are still struggling, says Amy Horton of University College London

Medicare’s hospitalization trust fund is on the fast track to insolvency. That has both seniors and future retirees worried. Because our leaders in Washington have been poor stewards of the record levels of tax revenue pouring into federal coffers, Americans aren’t sure how much longer their Medicare benefits will be…