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• Texas Retirees are on the Front Lines!

  February 27, 2017: All over Texas, members of the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans (TARA)  are  in the first ranks of the  many ongoing battles for decent living, rights, and dignity in America. Retirees are making calls, filling out petitions, visiting politica...Read more >

• Ken Pease About the Importance of Medicare

  February 10, 2017: [video width="640" height="360" mp4="http://retiredamerica.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/Ken-Pease-Video.mp4"][/video] The U.S. Senate confirmed Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), on Friday de...Read more >

• Texas Retirees Are In The Fray!

  January 31, 2017: The sheer amount of work that our 6 Texas chapters are doing is a true wonder. [caption id="attachment_2101" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Yolanda Delgado of Austin TARA at women's march[/caption] Austin collected over 300 petition signature...Read more >

• Texans Are In Action on MLK Day and Beyond!

  January 15, 2017: The Texas Legislative session began January 10 and the federal government is changing hands. Retirees aren't sitting on ours! For most of Texas, the next big public event is Martin Luther King Jr celebrations on the 16th. [caption id="attachment_2...Read more >

• Commit to Fight, Now!

  January 09, 2017: We are facing threats that are bigger and more urgent than any in our lifetimes! Congressmen Sam Johnson and Paul Ryan agree on attacking Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid  I'm asking every Texan who wants to save and expand the right to r...Read more >

• Write Your Friends!

  January 05, 2017: Grace Akbar tells Dallas activists that they need to outreach everybody they know to organize our progressive movement. [caption id="attachment_2058" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Grace Akbar[/caption] She and friend Ethel Castaneda, both re...Read more >

• Dallas Chapter Will Support MLK, Oppose Sam Johnson

  January 04, 2017: The Dallas Chapter of the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans met at 12:30PM on January 5 in the "Lucky Room" at the Crown Buffet Chinese restaurant. [caption id="attachment_2060" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Judy Bryant speaks while Barbara ...Read more >

• Apply Now to Vote By Mail

  January 02, 2017: Voters over 65 years old can vote by mail in Texas. Even better, they only have to ask once for an application that applies to every election in a given year. So, apply now and vote by mail all year! [caption id="attachment_1588" align="aligncente...Read more >

• Texans Picket Congressman Sam Johnson for Social Security

  December 30, 2016: On December 28, right in the middle of the holidays, Texas seniors picketed Congressman Sam Johnson in Plano. [caption id="attachment_2046" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Some of the picketers posed in front of Johnson's office building at 1255 ...Read more >

• Retirees Must Sound Off!

  December 26, 2016: Texas seniors need to sing our songs and tell our stories everywhere! We expect the worst if we remain quiet! We are contacting key congresspersons, like Lloyd Doggett in the photo above, during the holiday season.  We're writing letters, mak...Read more >