America turns 250: These were the most common names then vs. now As the United States marks its 250th birthday in 2026, it is worth pausing on something as personal as a name. The names […]
These movie moms were basically the same age as their onscreen kids Hollywood has a long and well-documented history of casting women as mothers with almost no regard for plausible age gaps. The examples below […]
The best-selling albums of each decade according to the charts: Do you agree? Measuring the best-selling album of a decade is harder than it sounds. Chart methodologies have changed, certification systems vary by country, and […]
How many of these senior health myths can you spot? Some of the most persistent ideas about aging are also the most wrong. They have been repeated so often that they have acquired the feeling […]
States where seniors rely on Medicaid the most Medicaid is one of the largest health insurance programs in the United States, and the degree to which a state’s population depends on it varies dramatically from […]
A reader wrote in through the Ask MediaFeed option with a question that turns out to be more common than most people realize. Every month, Medicare Part B premiums are deducted automatically from Social Security […]
The most common names the year you were born: Boomer edition Between 1946 and 1964, nearly 76 million babies were born during what historians call the Baby Boom. Their parents named them with a confidence […]
What a concert cost the year you were born vs. today There was a time when seeing your favorite band live cost less than a tank of gas. That time is gone, and the distance […]
Slang words only Southerners will understand The American South has produced some of the most linguistically inventive speech in the English-speaking world. Linguists note that Southern speech is often called “bad” English by people encountering […]
More brands we miss every single day A reader asked through the Ask MediaFeed option which disappeared brands we still think about. The brands that a generation grows up with do not simply become obsolete. […]