Until the invention of the mirror in the 17th century, said Ginia Bellafante in The New York Times, “most people’s own faces ...

The term "gerontocracy" (rule by the elderly) isn't new -- it's been in use since the 1830s -- but according to Google Trends ...

Yale professor Samuel Moyn says “the rich today are old, to an astonishing extent”—and his new book, "Gerontocracy in America ...

Meanwhile, eighty-four-year-old Mitch McConnell’s status among the living remains shrouded in mystery, and ...

When American voters complain about the gerontocracy that runs this country, they are not upset specifically about advanced ...

"We have a sclerotic gerontocracy," posted then-48-year-old Rep. Ro Khanna (D–Calif.) back in 2024. Gerontocracy means rule ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. For more than a decade, the average member of Congress has had 20 years ...

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America’s elderly political class is only the most visible symptom. The deeper problem is a government built to transfer ...

Yet these leaders are not the oldest; President Paul Biya of Cameroon, in office since 1982, has crossed the age of 93 years.

The average life span for Americans hovered around 40 years for the first 100 years of the nation’s existence. But after 1880, breakthroughs in modern medicine and public health resulted in a dramatic ...