WOW: Women's Older Wisdom

Aging Together:  How We Manage Our Later Years

By PAT TAUB and LISA SAVAGE Aging with a loved one can tap into joys, strengths and the benefits, but also health changes, family tensions, and potentially devastating financial challenges. Consider this scenario: Friends of friends [...]

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The New Anti-War Elder Activists

Protests against the genocide in Gaza have become intergenerational on an unprecedented scale. When I marched against the war in Vietnam, a grey-haired protester was a rare sighting.  Many elders at the time shared the view of my then 70-something neighbor who commented,  “I’ve done my part. It’s up to the younger generation now.” [...]

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Can Women Peace Workers Save Us? 

Women have the capacity to lead us to a more peaceful world with compassion, affection, and kindness. . . Females have more sensitivity for others’ pain and suffering.”——–Dalai Lama As we celebrate the holidays, “Peace on Earth,” is echoed in card, carols, and greetings we exchange, but our male leaders seem tone-deaf [...]

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