USCIS’s new rule encourages immigrant families to forgo public benefits to which they are entitled or lose their green card eligibility.
Social Security
Posted inWorking in America
Frances Perkins: The Architect of Social Security
In her words, Frances Perkins, the first woman cabinet secretary, ‘came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain, common workingmen.’
Posted inWorking in America
How America Let Its Workers’ Compensation System Fail
If you’re injured on the job these days, you’re simply out of luck.
Posted inWorking in America
Palantir Gets an Initial $3.9 Million to Spy on Federal Workers
The contract kicks off a Trump administration plan to track workers at the Social Security Administration and Departments of Agriculture and Veterans Affairs.
Posted inPolitics
Trump’s Wreckage of Social Security and Medicare
The assault on cherished social insurance programs is a gift to Democrats, but only if they are clear about how to defend them.
Posted inNewsletters
More Sneak Attacks on Social Security
In his campaign for president, Trump promised to protect Social Security and Medicare. On paper, Social Security, which has its own revenue sources via payroll taxes and trust funds, is protected from both the budget cuts of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill and from the impact of the government shutdown. But Trump keeps trying to […]
Posted inTAP
‘Trump Accounts’ Cannot Possibly Replace Social Security
Today on TAP: This is just another tax break for the rich.
Posted inPolitics
Social Security Offices Brace for Birthright Ruling Fallout
The besieged agency cannot even handle its current workload. After last week’s Supreme Court ruling, workers expect millions more people seeking help.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Trump’s Fox in the Social Security Henhouse
His nominee to head the SSA backs technology over people, and DOGE over seniors’ needs.
Posted inTAP
Trump’s Attack on Social Security Backfires
Today on TAP: The requirement of in-person visits and Elon Musk’s fishing expedition into Social Security data have awakened a torpid AARP, docile federal judges—and public opinion.