Part 2 of a series explaining how, evidence to the contrary, most Americans, most journalists and most policymakers believe the U.S. retirement system is failing. Drawn from The Real Retirement Crisis ...

The National Council on Aging estimates that about 70% of older adults who qualify for benefits miss out, often because of ...

Poverty is on the rise, but only among seniors, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual poverty report. Based on the official measure, which is a simple calculation based on pretax cash income ...

After three decades in which poverty among seniors declined dramatically, the pendulum has begun to swing back toward higher levels of poverty or near-poor status among the coming generation of senior ...

A new report finds more seniors are living in poverty in the city. The Center for an Urban Future says more than 250,000 New Yorkers ages 65 and older are impacted. This number is nearly one-fifth of ...

Social Security marked its 90th anniversary Thursday. The milestone offers an opportune moment to write an appreciation of the enduring social insurance program. Nearly four generations of Americans ...

One day, we will all become elderly. So, I ask that we not view them as strangers from a different era, but as reflections of our own future,” At around 7:10 p.m. on the 25th, the third floor of the ...