INTERACTIVE
BOOMER FILES
From getting high to getting rich to getting serious, boomers kept changing the meaning of success.
History
Eleanor Roosevelt was not just an idealistic First Lady. As a new collection of papers reveals, she was also a smart, disciplined and unabashed strategist.
CULTURE
The 1968 election is four decades old, and yet we're still rehashing that moment—that era—in the 2008 contest. Why do we come back to it? And why won't it leave us alone?
CULTURE
LBJ. RFK. MLK. In a year of tumult, one five-day span in early spring '68 was disorder distilled.
FACING FACTS
I Pondered Why It Was That My City, My World, Was So Divided By Color.
CULTURE
It is not just 1968—many years are jostling for starring roles in history.
ON SCIENCE
Their visit popularized the notion that the spiritual East has something to teach the rational West.
CULTURE
They did not burn their bras, but feminists ignited a global movement.
CULTURE
The times they were a-changin', but in the arts only music kept pace.
CULTURE
The first orbit of the moon reminded us of life's fragility. In a new book, the author of 'The Greatest Generation' looks at how a year ended, and a new age began.
When he was 12, NEWSWEEK's David Ansen started a list of every film he'd seen. No. 1 was 'Cinderella.' The last is—well, that's a long story. In fact, it's the story of his life, and of his generation.
The pets of childhood stay in all of our memories.
What's hot and what's not in boomer bedrooms? A sex therapist answers the questions you might be afraid to ask about midlife lovemaking.
From heritage tours to farm-to-table dining, today's retirees (and soon-to-be-retirees) are reinventing the autumn years.
But it was magical to be young during the Summer of Love. For those who weren't there, a not-too-rose-colored look at what you missed.
It's a big, complicated job, and somebody's got to do it. What you need to know to provide for your loved one.
Life in a residential Alzheimer's facility through the eyes of the low-wage workers who care for these vulnerable patients when their families can't.
Millions of boomers are caring for parents afflicted with a disease that steals minds and memories. What life is like when your mother doesn't know you, or her own name.
Elder Care expert Marion Somers talks about easy ways to use technology to help take care of aging relatives.
The time for a frank conversation with your parents is right now.
Insurers are offering new forms of long-term-care insurance for boomers who might be willing to buy at a younger age.
From their Beetles to their boxy SUVs, Americans who grew up in the '60s and '70s defined themselves by what they drove.
Baby boomers and their books—it's a love story where nobody ever said he was sorry. Except, perhaps, for 'Love Story' itself.
'We Wanted to Change the World'
A history tour of 1968 through the eyes and art of Peter Max
Flashback
Forty years later, these photographs still resonate
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