For the first time since Social Security was enacted nearly nine decades ago, the full retirement age (FRA) is about to ...

There’s a new retirement age for 2026 if you need to collect Social Security - Americans approaching retirement face an ...

Depression may become so severe that you can no longer go to work. Depression is considered a psychiatric disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It’s a significant mood ...

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To remember FDR, who profoundly changed America with his New Deal programs, take a look at some fascinating facts about his ...

This administration has taken us back to a time before the 1930s, a time of social insecurity and financial fear. The social ...

The act is widely considered to be what caused the economic downturn, referred to as the Great Depression, from 1929 to 1939. Unemployment was at an all-time high, and there were mass business ...

The Social Security Act, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 14, 1935, was meant to help Americans suffering during the Great Depression. Without a safety net, Americans ...

The Great Depression’s legacy includes social programs, ... such as the Social Security Act of 1935, ... The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, ...

Online, we recently asked local recipients to sum up what Social Security means to them. Their responses: Patricia Falsetto, retired therapist: “It’s not a giant Ponzi scheme, but a guaranteed ...

Several factors led to the Great Depression, one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history. NPR interviewed economists who discussed the causes of the Great Depression.