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Rodney A. Brooks, former Deputy Managing Editor/Money at USA TODAY, writes on retirement for U.S. News & World Report. His retirement columns also appear and AARP’s Senior Planet. He has also written retirement columns for The Washington Post and USA TODAY and is a contributor to National Geographic, Next Avenue, Forbes and The Washington Post. He is author of the book Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap: Racism and Discrimination Put Us Here, But This Is How We Can Save Future Generations. The book was a winner of the National Association of Black Journalists’ (NABJ) Outstanding Book Award in 2022 and also made the shortlist for the Society for the Advance of Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) Third Annual Best in Business Book Awards. He was a winner of the SABEW Best in Business Awards for his story in Capital & Main on the widening racial wealth. He also was a finalist for 2021 Dateline Awards competition by the Washington D.C. Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and a finalist for National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Awards in 2018. A recipient of the President’s Award from the National Association of Black Journalists, he was elected to the NABJ Hall of Fame in 2021. He was named a Senior Fellow at Prosperity Now in 2022. He is co-author of Retirement Planning Essentials: A Guide to Living Well Without Running out of Money, published in 2018. He is also author of the E-Book Is One Million Dollars Enough: A Guide to Planning for and Living Through a Successful Retirement. He has testified before the U.S. Senate Special Committee Aging on challenges facing Black Americans, particularly women, in retirement. Brooks was Deputy Managing Editor/Money and retirement columnist for USA TODAY before he retired in 2015 after 30 years. Previously he was assistant business editor and reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer. He has also worked as a reporter or editor for The Bulletin in Philadelphia, the Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times and the Ithaca (N.Y.) Journal. He serves on the Foolproof Foundation’s Walter Cronkite Committee, an organization dedicated to teaching financial literacy in public schools. He served two terms as treasurer and a member of the executive board of the NABJ. Born in Baltimore, Maryland and raised in Newark and Linden, N.J., Brooks received a B.S. degree from Cornell University and an executive certificate in financial planning from Georgetown University. Twitter: @perfiguy Website: www.RodneyABrooks.com

Content

Total articles 499

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  Are Your Family’s Finances a Team Effort?

  By Rodney Brooks Verified

  Apr. 14, 2025

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  Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage

  By Rodney Brooks Verified

  Oct. 14, 2024

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  Are Your Family’s Finances a Team Effort?

  By Rodney Brooks Verified

  Apr. 14, 2025

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