Monthly Archives: March 2017
GBO NEWS: Colbert on Ben Carson’s “Geezer” Surgery; Journalism Fellowships; Repeal-Replace This!; Healthy Soul Food; Rigged on Roots of Inequality
Posted: March 10, 2017 at 1:00 am
GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS
E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations – Now in Our 24th Year.
March 10, 2017 — Volume 17, Number 3
Editor’s Note: GBO News, e-news of the Journalists Network on Generation publishes alerts for journalists, producers and authors covering generational issues. Send your news of important stories or books (by you and others), fellowships, awards or pertinent kvetches to GBO News Editor Paul Kleyman. You can subscribe to GBONews.org at no charge simply by sending a request to Paul with your name, address, phone number and editorial affiliation or note that you freelance. You’ll receive the table of contents as e-mail, just click through to the full issue at www.gbonews.org.
In This Issue: Gen-Beat Writers Win the Popular Vote. (“Hey, is this a pink slip?”)
1. GEEZER WATCH: *** Kudos to Stephen Colbert on HUD Secretary Ben Carson’s Diagnosis Brain Surgery for “Geezers” Is Wasted “Investment”; *** Crapo to Trevor Noah for His Ageist “King Over the Hill” Hit on Trump as Old
2. EYES ON THE PRIZE: ***Applications Open Soon for Year 8of Journalists in Aging Fellows Program by New America Media and the Gerontological Society of America.
3. REPEAL AND REPLACE THIS: *** “Republicans’ Obamacare Replacement Just Got A Powerful Enemy,” by Daniel Marans & Laura Barron-Lopez, Huffington Post (March 7); *** “Proposed GOP Cuts Would Sharply Increase Elder Poverty,” New America Media, Op-ed, Justice in Aging Head Kevin Prindiville (March 3). *** “The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Health Coverage for Direct Care Workers” is a new issue brief from PHI; “The House Republicans’ health-care bill is a thicket of bad incentives,” by former acting administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Andy Slavitt, Washington Post op-ed (March 7).
4. THE STORYBOARD: *** The EDIBLE SOUTH: Part 1 — “Soul Food─Cultural Lifestyle or Disease Trap?” Florida Courier/New America Media , by Penny Dickerson (Feb 21). Part 2 — “A New—Healthier–Era for Soul Food”; *** “Latino Grandparents as Parents—on Diaper Duty Again,” La Opinión/New America Media , Francisco Castro (March 2). (In Spanish: “Abuelos se convierten en padres… Otra vez”; *** “Cicilline: Let’s Bring Back the House Permanent Select Committee on Aging,” by Herb Weiss, Woonsocket (R.I.) Call (March 5)
5. THE BOOKMOBILE: ***Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer, by Dean Baker
6. CALENDAR: ***Aging in America Conference in Chicago, March 20-24; ***“What’s Next Boomer Business Summit, March 23
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