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Relax, Relax at the Dying of the Light

May 9, 2013
AARP magazine, which boasts the largest circulation of any periodical in the world, used to focus on injustice, something it now calls "negativity."

Remember the Children

Dec 18, 2012
America’s children seem to be shortchanged on almost every issue we face as a society. Not only are we failing to protect them from deranged people wielding semiautomatic guns, but we’re also not protecting them from poverty.
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Celebs Need Health Care — Just Like Us!

Dec 13, 2007
Who knew that Reese Witherspoon window-shops for shoes? Or that Ben Affleck glues elaborate doll houses together? Or that Jeremy Piven eats what appears to be gruel on a lush outdoor patio? These intimate celebrity vignettes were captured for the AARP's ad campaign for its "Divided We Fail" intiative calling for "red, blue liberal, conservative" (and, apparently, "rich, famous") Americans to unite for the causes of health care and long-term financial security.