CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Ageism and Racism are Twin Evils That NYers Must Defeat
Bobbie Sackman |
‘Older adults are at the end of the food chain of a racist world.’
Age Justice
Opinion: Our Rally for Age Justice Calls All Who Support Equality
Bobbie Sackman |
‘Today’s marginalized conditions of the old are ignored by economic, political and cultural leaders. For them, ageism, unlike racism or sexism, is powder-puff oppression.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Single-Payer Long-Term Care Would Be Good News for NY’s Women
Bobbie Sackman |
Family caregivers (who are mostly women) across New York State provide $31 billion of free care each year.
ageism
CityViews: It’s Time for New Yorkers to Take a Stand for Age Justice
Alice Fisher and Bobbie Sackman |
‘Imagine if everyone, young and old alike, came together to protest the way older adults are treated.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: How Community Preference Supports the Right to Age in Place
Bobbie Sackman |
Some argue that setting aside new, affordable apartments for community residents reinforces segregation. But an advocate for the aging says the mechanism also allows New Yorkers to grow old in a place where they’re comfortable.
