Elections

This year I am working at the polls. Here in California we have “early voting,” which means we have polling stations that are open before Election Day. Voters can come in and fill out a ballot in person, or drop off a ballot they already received in the mail. Those of us working get a…

Note: This is an updated version of a blog post I wrote in February, 2018. I wish I could use it to demonstrate all the gains aging Americans have made. But I can’t. Sadly, eight years on, we as a cohort are more vulnerable than ever because of actions this Administration has taken to defund…

I grew up in a politically engaged family. My mother was active in the League of Women Voters, my church group was active in civil rights, and one of my most formative political experiences was protesting the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968. I moved to California when I was in my mid-twenties. I…