Retirement

Areas like Michigan's Alcona County offer a lesson for rural communities across the country that need to find a way to function with an aging population.

Representative Kevin Brady wants to shake up our retirement-savings system. That might not be a bad idea.

The vast need for elder care is compounded by the fact that many Baby Boomers lack adequate savings to cover retirement income or health care, making them even more dependent on relatives.

These change-makers are proving that you're never too old to make a difference.

Congress and the White House are once again engaged in their annual budgetary dance, but there's one part of the proposal that should make them speed things up.

Peabody Energy, the nation’s largest coal company, is seeking release from a pledge to pay into a health insurance fund.

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

Support for greater flexible savings will provide a stable and desperately needed foundation.

Roughly half of all Americans don't plan for retirement. One Illinois State Senator thinks he has a solution—and it won't cost governments or businesses a dime.

Population decline is a positive economic indicator.

Millions of Californians—like many tens of millions throughout the country—lack adequate pension security to sustain them after their work lives end.

By choice or by circumstance, exiting sport is inevitable. What happens after is less certain.

German researchers report positive changes in the brains of recent retirees who learned how to create visual art.

The three most important things to know about the Motor City's bankruptcy decision.

More than social security, pension, and personal savings, those currently entering retirement fear the cost of health care, according to a new survey.

Local governments take the lead in placing older Americans in public service opportunities.