This Social Security Fix Can Help the Poorest Retirees
Is it time to change the program's cost-of-living adjustment formula?
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What Older Voters Want in the Midterm Elections
By Richard Eisenberg Older voters could be a decisive bloc in the midterm elections, particularly since recent polls have showed registered voters 65+ leaning decisively towards Democratic congressional candidates, a sharp reversal from previous election cycles. An NBC News/Wall Street Journal…
How to Fix Social Security for Vulnerable Americans
(Editor’s Note: This story is part of a partnership between Chasing the Dream and Next Avenue.) By Richard Eisenberg We all know the Social Security system needs reforming to keep it solvent so Americans will continue receiving their promised benefits. But Social…
How Work Requirements for Social Security Programs Impact People in Need
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X02BSr0W5rU From our partners at PBS Newshour Weekend: President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month pushing certain work requirements for access to social security programs like Medicaid. But lawmakers in Maine, which requires individuals work at least 20…
Do We Underestimate the Success of the War on Poverty?
A conversation between NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan and Sheldon Danziger, editor of Legacies of the War on Poverty