Tornado Alley (PROG)

[janice shell]

Kavita Patel:

I’m a doctor. Biden’s debate performance led me to a very different takeaway.

Aging is inescapable, yet as a society we portray it as something to be feared and avoided

Following President Joe Biden’s troubling performance at the presidential debate with Donald Trump, Democrats have been consumed by a frenzied dispute around which candidate should replace Biden on the November 2024 ballot. But I came away from the debate with a different takeaway: How does the United States treat its aging population? Despite advancements in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, ageism remains one of the last socially acceptable prejudices, not so subtly ingrained in our culture, media and institutions...

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/biden-debate-nominee-ageism-aging-rcna160319