I like the photo at the head of the article, especially the way the photographer has used the color temperature to contrast the blue of the outside with the warmer inside lighting.
Oh, this is an article about older folk who are struggling to make ends meet! Sorry - I was waylaid by the cool photo! A brief synopsis of the article accompanied, perhaps, by your own opinions, would have been nice. I only scan-read the article and looked at the photos, but haven't there always been a significant number of people who struggled to get by in old age? I'm guessing the problem was even worse before the introduction of SS, Medicare, and various other related benefits.
I'm not without sympathy for folks who are struggling in their senior years - not at all, but this doesn't seem like news to me, though there was an extra angle added, of the view that increasingly, people lower down the financial "ladder" are being left behind. I do like the header photo though, and the one of the couple in the laundromat. That's a classic wide-angle photojournalism perspective, taken from close-up.
My main take-away from this article was something we all know here - that life can be tough if you're not financially literate.