It's not just the kids: Adults in some U.S. communities are seeing their gathering places shutter.
The big picture: Losing essential sites of connection and care — like senior centers and churches — risks escalating America's loneliness epidemic.
We're alive at the single greatest moment in U.S. and human history. By a lot.
Why it matters: It's not even close, by almost every empirical measure. We live longer, better, richer, healthier and freer than those before us.
