September 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing recession have hit older workers especially hard. Today’s economy is simultaneously pushing out millions who were counting on their paychecks to survive, while trapping millions of others in jobs because they can’t afford to retire. These seemingly contradictory trends are part of a grim forecast for aging Americans. Older workers […]

Cat Osterman plans to be just as busy in retirement as she was during one of the greatest softball careers of all time. The left-handed American pitcher is closing out a decorated career during which she won an Olympic gold medal and two silvers and last year became the first Athletes Unlimited individual softball champion.

Is an IRA in most workers’ future? getty Readers, I am embarrassed to admit that a radical change to our retirement system, tucked into the “Build Back Better” Budget Reconciliation bill, wholly escaped my notice until just recently. As explained by Ashlea Ebeling, also at Forbes, “Under the proposal, starting in 2023, employers with five

If it weren’t for a surprising music legend, Toni Braxton would have left the music business years ago, meaning she would never have appeared on The Masked Singer last week. Back in 2013, Braxton shocked her fans by announcing plans to leave music behind to focus on acting. However, Prince later convinced her to keep

Congress is considering implementing measures that would make it more difficult for the U.S. Navy to retire many of its aging surface ships. The Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, published earlier this week, contains sweeping language that would require the service to seek a waiver from the secretary of the Navy in order

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Most of us know by now that it’s important to set money aside for retirement. But doing so is often easier said than done. It’s hard to allocate a chunk of our paychecks to an IRA or 401(k) plan when life’s expenses keep popping up. And so it’s easy to see why so many people

Touted as a way to help gig workers, part-time workers and those without access to an employer-sponsored account, legislation has been introduced in both the House and Senate to create universal, portable retirement accounts.     The Portable Retirement and Investment Account (PRIA) Act of 2021 introduced by Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) would

When Larry Walker was traded to St. Louis in 2004, he wondered what legacy he was leaving behind in Colorado. Saturday at Coors Field, Walker — enshrined Sept. 8 as the team’s first Hall of Famer — didn’t have any more doubts about his place in Rockies lore. Colorado retired his No. 33 in an

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert Herbert, Special Assistant to the Chief, National Guard Bureau for National Security Policy, poses for a command portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Sept. 6, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Monica King) LAS VEGAS, NV (KLAS) – Retired Nevada Army National Guard major general