With Cheap Tickets and Lax Etiquette, a Theater Builds an Older Fan Base NYT | Top Stories By: Max Kim and Woohae Cho 9 December 2025 at 13:01 The Hollywood Classic cinema in Seoul is popular in a country where 70-year-olds now outnumber people in their 20s. The ticket booth at the Hollywood Classic cinema in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, in November.
Social Security at 70? Why the Gold Standard Advice Works for Only a Few NYT | Top Stories By: Brian J. O’Connor 7 December 2025 at 18:01 The standard advice is to hold off, but most retirees claim the benefit as soon as they can, at age 62. Here’s what to know when you’re planning the unplannable. © Richard Beaven for The New York TimesBlair Barondes and his wife, Janet Bowdan, calculated that waiting until 70 to take Social Security wouldn’t net them more over their retirement.
65 Is Not Old Anymore NYT | Opinion By: Ken Stern 27 November 2025 at 18:00 Ken Stern on why Americans should stop classifying 65 as “old.”
The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? NYT | Opinion By: Brendan Nyhan 24 November 2025 at 18:02 The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning.