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U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to pardon the National Thanksgiving turkeys, Liberty and Bell during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on November 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Sure, Joe's old. Could you do it?

Kirk Swearingen
Harrison Ford and Lukita Maxwell in "Shrinking" (Apple TV+)

Harrison Ford's grandpa renaissance

Alison Stine
Mitch McConnell Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why "age caps" can't fix democracy

Winslow Erik Wright
Supporters of President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Your MAGA parents can be persuaded

Brian F. Harrison
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Democratic presidential candidate entrepreneur Andrew Yang speaks during the Climate Forum at Georgetown University, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Andrew Yang 2020 — but not for president

Bob Hennelly
In this Friday, March 17, 2017 photo a sign advertises a program that allows food stamp recipients to use their EBT cards to shop at a farmer's market in Topsham, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) (AP)

How America fails to feed its aging

Laura Ungar, Trudy Lieberman - KFF Health News
(AP)

Vulnerable demographics for health care

Marcia G. Ory - The Conversation
(Lisa F. Young)

America’s graying population in 3 maps

Peter Rogerson - The Conversation
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(Spencer Platt)

AARP draws flak for marketing practices

Paul Feldman - FairWarning
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Infection lapses rampant in nursing home

Jordan Rau - KFF Health News

The problems with home health care

Melissa Bailey - KFF Health News
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boomerang seniors

Sharon Jayson - KFF Health News
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Music, memory and dementia

Andrew O'Hehir
Fanny Ardant in "Bright Days Ahead"

Fanny Ardant loves danger

Andrew O'Hehir
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My sexual awakening at 70

Lynn Brown Rosenberg

Enron's revenge!

Gary Cohn, Bill Raden
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John Boehner (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Whoops! Boehner gets Obamacare

Brian Beutler
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-78238p1.html'>Nejron Photo</a>, <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-156268p1.html'>aastock</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Legalize pot for seniors' sake

Jon Lovett
(AP)

The next cut: Social Security?

Josh Eidelson
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Tom Jacobs - Pacific Standard
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