Anna, a Filipino live-in nanny in Manhattan, begins her workday at 6 a.m. when the children wake up, and ends around 10 p.m. when she puts the children to bed and finishes cleaning the kitchen. Like many domestic workers, Anna's pay is low; she was promised $1,500 a month but...

When Governor Mitt Romney turned 65 this year, he officially joined the ranks of America's seniors. At 51, President Barack Obama might be a bit younger, but he is not too far behind the mark. While the presidential campaign has proven to be perpetually partisan, which voters saw again in...

Joe Biden is 69 years old. Paul Ryan is 42. And clearly in tonight's vice presidential debate they disagreed about a hundred things. But, notably, there's one thing this intergenerational coupling agreed about -- that Medicare and Social Security are essential to America's seniors and next generations. In fact, both...

By Richard Trumka and Ai-jen Poo, Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance

Domestic workers around the world have been organizing for years to secure decent wages, benefits and recognition.

This past summer, domestic workers and their allies celebrated a major global victory after the Philippines joined Uruguay in becoming...

Americans watching tonight's debate would think the only thing seniors and soon-to-be seniors care about is social security and Medicare. But the 79 million baby boomers who are turning 65 in the next 10 years desperately need home care workers to allow them to age at home with...

Who gets to decide what questions are asked at the presidential debates? The debate commission gets a say, so does the debate moderator. Even the candidates themselves get input, agreeing to what questions will not be asked when the sign contracts to participate in the debates.

But we, the...

It is difficult to imagine being forced to work sixteen to twenty-four hour days with no lunch break, rest, or sleep; or being required to stay at the worksite around the clock just in case an assignment unexpectedly comes up. Add to that no right to overtime pay and you...

Even at age 57, Chief Justice John Roberts, the second-youngest member of the Supreme Court, wisely decided to uphold the Affordable Care Act and the health care interests of millions of seniors in America last Thursday.

When President Obama was elected, 88 percent of Americans -- including my 87 year-old...

We are relieved that on Monday the Supreme Court blocked some provisions of SB1070, Arizona's extreme anti-immigrant law, but we're deeply concerned about the part of the law that has been upheld: Section 2B, which requires law enforcement agents to check the immigration status of anyone they stop for any...

It used to be that the things you could count on in life were birth, death and taxes. To that list, most of us can add relying upon others in our later years. While we all would like to see ourselves staying as healthy as possible and aging gracefully, even...

Kimi Lee's mother did everything right. She saved all her life, had two health insurance policies, was a member of a union. Then, during a trip to see her newborn granddaughter, she suffered a stroke. Her family did their best to cope: Kimi and her family moved to Los Angeles...