On August 14th, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Social Security into law. Eighty-eight years later, our Social Security system is among the most successful and popular government...
Nancy Altman
Social Security benefits will increase nearly 9 percent in 2023
There’s good news for the 65 million people receiving the Social Security benefits they have earned. In 2023, Social Security benefits will increase nearly nine percent. That means that the average...
Manchin’s means-testing proposal builds back worse
President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better legislation would bring the United States into the 21st century, finally enacting programs that other industrialized nations have had for a very long...
Social Security benefits will increase nearly 6 percent in 2022
There’s welcome news for Social Security beneficiaries. In 2022, Social Security benefits will increase nearly six percent. That means that the typical person receiving Social Security benefits...
Social Security benefits will barely rise in 2021
Social Security is the primary income of three out of five beneficiaries aged 55 and older. This vital institution is virtually the only income of a third of them. Our Social Security...
Social Security: Always there for you in a crisis
On this 19th anniversary of the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001, we find ourselves in the midst of several crises, all battering us simultaneously. Nineteen years later, Donald Trump is doing...
Congress needs to fix the glitch in Social Security
Conservatives are working to exploit a Social Security glitch caused by the economic crisis we are facing as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Allies on Capitol Hill need a red alert to protect...
How Trump is threatening the health and well-being of Social...
Though the coronavirus pandemic is most deadly to older adults and people with disabilities, Donald Trump is pushing states to open up, despite the danger to them. In addition to their physical...
Americans strongly support Medicare for kids
Just as educating children benefits the entire society, keeping them healthy and restoring them to health when they are sick is important for all of us. Perhaps that is why expanding Medicare to...
Mainstream media misleads public on Social Security
Social Security is in strong financial shape. But, you wouldn’t know it if you’re reading AP or watching CNN or CBS. Having bought into a billionare-funded campaign to undermine Social Security...