Even if unevenly, Karl Marx stays in popular memory for his 1848 clarion call asking workers of the world to unite as they had nothing to lose but their chains. Unevenly because we have come a long way since the days of chimney sweeps in Europe. Or have we? Uneven workloads persist. A recent study…
In Paris, the oldest competitors showed up for shooting, table tennis and equestrian events. And there were middle-agers in golf, beach volleyball, cycling, sailing, rowing and fencing, not to mention skateboarding, where 51-year-old Andy Macdonald and 49-year-old Dallas Oberholzer held us spellbound. They all notched clear victories over ageist stereotypes—and maybe even time itself. Russell…
