Ashton Applewhite

02/01/2018

As the population of Americans over age 65 swells, we have to create and support initiatives that join the generations. Here’s why.

12/16/2016

With so much at stake for so many people, should ageism move to the back of the line?

07/05/2013

Asking for age is a no-no in job applications. So why is it the first question that dating sites ask? Read on.

03/29/2013

There’s a tendency to characterize conservatives on social issues like gay marriage as “old”? Ashton Applewhite weighs in.

02/22/2013

Is “Betty White’s Off Their Rockers” condescending? Just bad TV? A rare TV representation of older people holding their own?

02/01/2013

As geriatricians put it, “If you’ve seen one 80-year-old, you’ve seen ONE 80-year-old.”

11/23/2012

Is it ageist for a doctor to prescribe routine procedures based on age rather than on physical condition?

10/26/2012

Is it ageist for a person to rent their place on the basis of age, even if the choice of tenant favors an older person?

11/30/-0001

Is it ageist to think that the rape of a 73-year-old woman is more awful than the rape of a young woman?