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Peter Gosselin

Peter Gosselin was a contributing reporter at ProPublica and a senior fellow at the Brookdale Center on Aging at Hunter College in New York.

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Peter Gosselin was a contributing reporter at ProPublica covering aging.

In more than three decades as a journalist, he has covered the U.S. and global economies for, among others, the Los Angeles Times and The Boston Globe, focusing on the lived experiences of working people. He is the author of “High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families,” for which he devised new data techniques to show that economic risks were being shifted from the broad shoulders of business and government to the backs of working households.

In addition to reporting, he has been a visiting fellow at the Urban Institute in Washington, chief speechwriter to the treasury secretary and an economic adviser to the original Department of Health and Human Services team implementing the Affordable Care Act.

He is a widower with 19-year-old twins, Nora and Jacob, who threaten to follow their father into journalism.

Age Discrimination

How the Crowd Led Us to Investigate IBM

Our project started with a digital community of ex-employees.

by Ariana Tobin and Peter Gosselin,

Age Discrimination

Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM

As it scrambled to compete in the internet world, the once-dominant tech company cut tens of thousands of U.S. workers, hitting its most senior employees hardest and flouting rules against age bias.

by Peter Gosselin and Ariana Tobin,

Have You Left IBM in the Past Few Years? We Want to Hear From You

by Peter Gosselin,

Supreme Court Won’t Take Up R.J. Reynolds Age Discrimination Case

The decision in a case involving the nation’s second-largest tobacco company gives employers new ways to shield themselves from charges of bias against older applicants.

by Peter Gosselin,

Age Discrimination

Got a Story About Age Discrimination in the Workplace? We Want to Hear From You.

We know American employers don’t always treat older workers fairly. We need your help figuring out what that looks like.

by Peter Gosselin,

Restaurant Chain Settles Age Bias Case for $12 Million

After a U.S. lawsuit against Texas Roadhouse ended in a mistrial, the restaurant company, without admitting wrongdoing, settled the largest age discrimination case filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in decades.

by Peter Gosselin,

Is It Age Discrimination If You Don’t Know You’re Being Discriminated Against?

In Villarreal v. R.J. Reynolds, the Supreme Court would have to decide whether the nation’s second-largest tobacco company was within its rights to summarily reject older job applicants. It is the latest in a series of cases that are making it easier for companies to discriminate against older employees.

by Peter Gosselin,

Federal Court May Decide If Employers Can Reject Older Job Seekers to Protect ‘Image’

A major bias case against the Texas Roadhouse chain stems from an aggressive government strategy that may not survive the Trump administration.

by Peter Gosselin,