Older Americans Mobilize Against Trump: How Outrage Drives Retired Citizens to Political Action
By
Akaya Windwood, Bill McKibben
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Summary
The article explores how older Americans (ages 60+) are being motivated by outrage over Donald Trump and his administration to take political action. It focuses on Third Act, an organization that mobilizes retired Americans to protect democracy and the climate. The piece highlights that these seniors, many of whom have lived through a third of America's 250-year history, feel a unique responsibility to act based on their long perspective and lived experience. They are organizing, protesting, and engaging in civic action as a response to what they see as threats to democratic norms and institutions.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledThese people are, we think, important witnesses to this fraught moment in our civic life — they have the baseline to judge the present against a past long enough to really see what's special about right now.
And when we asked a number of them for their views this spring, they did not hold back.
Third Act, which we launched five years to organize older Americans to protect our climate
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