(Forbes) – While Donald Trump dominated last week’s GOP debate, two of the GOP candidates tried to talk seriously about Social Security’s future. New Jersey Governor...
WASHINGTON (McClatchy) — A first-of-its-kind provision that prevents welfare recipients in Kansas from withdrawing more than $25 a day from an ATM might violate federal law,...
(Black Enterprise) – Social Security along with America Saves, the American Savings Education Council, and the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement recently launched the...
Stephen Ohlemacher, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are getting older, but not this old: Social Security records show that 6.5 million people in the...
ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Promising to help America’s middle class, President Barack Obama on Monday sent Congress a record $4 trillion budget that...
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Solid economic growth will help the federal budget deficit shrink this year to its lowest level since President Barack...
(Politico) – Like Mrs. O’Leary’s cow, House Republicans kick-started a bigger fire than many imagined with an opening day rules change that revived Social Security...
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans want Congress to address the troubled finances of Social Security’s disability program, setting the stage for a...
(PBS) Boston University economist Larry Kotlikoff has spent every week, for over two years, answering questions about what is likely your largest financial asset —...
RICHARD LARDNER, Associated Press DAVID RISING, Associated Press RANDY HERSCHAFT, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday capped a swift and forceful response...
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after her nomination ran into trouble in the Senate, President Barack Obama’s pick to head the Social...
JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many immigrants in the United States illegally who apply for work permits under President Barack Obama’s new executive actions...
(USA Today) – Retirement has become a foreign concept for a growing number of Americans. According to a recent survey commissioned by the Federal Reserve,...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Another partisan battle is brewing on Capitol Hill as Social Security in general, and disability insurance in particular,...
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as millions of baby boomers approach retirement, the Social Security Administration has been closing dozens of field offices,...
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — People with old Social Security debts are getting a reprieve — for now. The Social Security Administration had been...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist We are at a critical stage in the economy when “more than one-third of workers (36%) have a measly $1,000...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist The 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s declaration of a war on poverty brought long overdue attention to his...
by Charles D. Ellison Special to the NNPA from The Philadelphia Tribune Deep beneath the surface of endless partisan wrangling between the White House and Congress...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Believe it or not, President Obama’s decision to finally stand up to Teapublicans – a Republican Party hijacked by...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist In the interest of full disclosure, I work for the largest labor union in the federal sector: the American Federation...
By Stella Adams NNPA Guest Columnist A recent report from the Social Security trustees confirms that the program is solvent and can fully pay benefits...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist The term “payday loans” often evokes images of stores with garish neon signs; but these products have moved into the...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Even though feuding Democrats and Republicans reached a last-minute deal on New Year’s Day to avoid the fiscal cliff,...
