In a New York Times op-ed, Bernie Moreno, a Republican Senator from Ohio, and Elizabeth Warren, a...
Social Security
How to close the Social Security shortfall?
The Social Security Trustees 2026 Report projects a Social Security shortfall beginning in 2034...
The projected shortfall in the Social Security Trust Fund means...
Dean Baker explains on his Substack and below why the projected shortfall in the Social Security...
2026: Scrap the Social Security cap
Today, people earning $1,000,000 this year received a late Valentine. They stopped paying into...
Social Security substantially reduces poverty in US
A new study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds that Social Security contributes...
High percentage of the workforce faces unexpected disability...
Pretty much no matter who you are, retirement is challenging, emotionally, socially and...
Calls to Social Security are going unanswered
Meryl Kornfield and Hannah Natanson report for The Washington Post that millions of people are...
Health care costs are devouring Social Security’s cost of...
[Editor’s note: Social Security’s 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be 2.8...
Older workers likely to face severe cuts to Social Security...
A Trump administration proposed rule, currently in the works, could reduce the proportion of people...
Social Security benefits do not meet the needs of most older...
When the Social Security Act was passed in 1935, it came on the heels of the Great Depression. A...