Social Security

It's estimated that more than 120,000 low-income Americans have missed out on payments.

Starting Monday, low-income immigrants will be at a greater risk of being denied a visa or a green card.The Trump administration’s new “public charge…

People age 65 and older make up the fastest-growing group of workers in the U.S. Some want to work; some have to work — and their numbers are changing how we view retirement.

The financial condition of the government’s bedrock retirement programs for middle- and working-class Americans remains shaky, with Medicare pointed...

A new report says that one reason has to do with white people's perceptions that they're losing financial dominance as people of color are making gains.

About 40 percent of teachers live in places where their state or local pension is the only safety net they've got.

The first in the nation New Hampshire primary is Tuesday. During this week’s home stretch, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio gave roughly the same remarks at all…

Sherice Bennett is a caretaker.She takes care of her sister who has cerebral palsy. She had two sons, two dogs and she still has the tank that used to…

11/10/14 - Monday’s Topical Currents examines our looming retirement predicament with James Russell, author of SOCIAL INSECURITY: 401(K)S AND THE…

After 79 years as the retirement mainstay of most American workers, Social Security is showing its age and desperately needs reform. That was the message…

America's population is aging at a rapid rate: 20 percent of the country will be 65 or older by the year 2050. Guest host Celeste Headlee talks with experts about how the aging population will affect the American landscape.