How the US government has become a gerontocracy as the gap between old leaders and young Americans grows wider and wider
America's leaders are old and getting older. And across Congress, the judiciary, and the executive branch, government is becoming less and less reflective of the youthful society it represents. "Red, White, and Gray" explores the costs, benefits, and dangers of life in a democracy helmed by those of advanced age, where issues of profound importance to the nation's youth and future — technology, civil rights, energy, the environment — are largely in the hands of those whose primes have passed.
When government grows old
Investigating the price that's paid when aged leaders lead a youthful nation.
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Reporters: C. Ryan Barber, Camila DeChalus, John L. Dorman, Kayla Gallagher, Nicole Gaudiano, Brent D. Griffiths, Madison Hall, Hanna Kang, Jake Lahut, Kimberly Leonard, Bryan Metzger, Elvina Nawaguna, Grace Panetta, Eliza Relman, Warren Rojas, Oma Seddiq
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Data editor: Walt Hickey
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