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Alliance for Retired Americans Hosts 2022 Retirement Security Symposium

More than a dozen speakers from unions and government agencies, young workers and others shared strategies to address the continuing retirement security emergency in America at the Alliance’s Retirement Security Symposium: An Intergenerational Seminar on Tuesday. Attendees disc... Read more

Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties

Two-year-old Zion Gastelum died just days after dentists performed root canals and put crowns on six baby teeth at a clinic affiliated with a private equity firm. His parents sued the Kool Smiles dental clinic in Yuma, Arizona, and its private equity investor, FFL Partners. Th... Read more

Retirement Security Symposium: An Intergenerational Seminar

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Media Coverage for Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans and Voto Latino’s Lawsuit to Stop Harassment and Intimidation at Arizona Ballot Drop Boxes

Press Releases Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans and Voto Latino File Lawsuit to Stop Harassment and Intimidation at Arizona Ballot Drop Boxes, October 24 Media Coverage Will a federal judge stop ballot drop box monitors? A decision could come by Friday Arizona Republic,... Read more

2022 Midterm Election

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Walking More Will Cut Your Risk of Developing Dementia

Walking between 3,800 and 9,800 steps each day can reduce your risk of mental decline, according to a new Journal of the American Medical Association study. People between the ages of 40 and 79 who took 9,826 steps per day were 50% less likely to develop dementia within seven ... Read more

Illinois Alliance Member Bea Lumpkin, 104, Leads Chicago Labor Day Parade

Illinois Alliance member and AFT retiree Bea Lumpkin, going strong at 104, served as Grand Marshall for the 2022 Chicago Labor Day Parade Monday. The legendary Ms. Lumpkin has been an activist, professor, and writer during her lifetime. She is pictured with Chicago Federation... Read more

SSA Adds Safety Measures to Protect People Facing Long Wait Times, Adverse Conditions

When the Social Security Administration (SSA) reopened its offices for in-person appointments many beneficiaries and applicants faced long waits outside in the summer heat. Over the past several weeks, the agency has taken several steps to implement safety upgrades to address the... Read more

Union Support Reaches Its Highest Point In Nearly Six Decades

The latest Gallup poll shows that 71 percent of Americans currently approve of unions. Americans have not shown such a high level of support for unions since 1965. Union workers are more likely than nonunion workers to have retirement benefits. According to 2020 data from the ... Read more