Social Security's Racial Equity Debated
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Does Social Security cheat black Americans? Yes, President Bush insisted last week. But some Social Security experts say the answer is clearly "no."
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President George W. Bush&#39;s bid to restructure Social Security and make tax cuts permanent competed with budget and trade deficit concerns during a two-day conference of economists and executives that began today.
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The ability to use race when assigning students to public schools is on the line in two cases before the Supreme Court on Monday that could produce the most important decision on school desegregation in decades.
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If there will ever be a year when the political stars are aligned for President Bush to revamp Social Security, it may be 2005. But he still must persuade wary Republicans in Congress to follow his lead.
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Where you live, combined with race and income, plays a huge role in the nation's health disparities, differences so stark that a report issued Monday contends it's as if there are eight separate Americas instead of one.
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WASHINGTON - An overhaul of Social Security to allow personal investment accounts won&#39;t fix the looming financial shortfall by itself, the White House said Wednesday.
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Blacks and whites don't see racism the same way, which is why we can't solve America's racial woes
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THE PROBLEM: Social Security faces a &#36;3.7 trillion shortfall over 75 years.
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Social Security battle comes as both state and private retirement plans are shifting.
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NEW YORK  - Blacks are more likely than whites to want life-sustaining care at the end of life for an incurable illness or a serious physical or mental disability, a new study shows.
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President Bush has made his ambitious proposal to revamp Social Security a priority for his second term. This is the first part of an occasional series exploring the retirement
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Rasmussen Reports - When the new Congress convenes under Democratic control in January, it will face a challenge on Social Security that has remained unsolved for a generation. Americans under 50 are skeptical about receiving their promised benefits, most voters believe change is needed, and there is strong opposition to both tax increases and benefit cuts.
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Mention of Social Security&#39;s future triggers anxious questions. Will it be there when you retire? Will benefits be cut or eligibility changed?
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President Bush launched his plan to  revamp Social Security with a push to convince the public and  Congress that it faces a crisis, even though supporters of the  government-run retirement program say he is exaggerating its  financial problems.
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Transitions of the nation's largest African American and Hispanic rights groups highlight differences in their outlooks and agendas.
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The nation's 47 million Social Security recipients got a bit of good news yesterday: their checks next year will increase 2.7 percent, or an average of $25 thanks to the program's annual cost-of-living adjustment. But looking further into the future, the news is less encouraging. A trio of forces -- higher taxes, rising medical costs, and a mandated increase in ...
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In another jab at his chief rival, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says in an ad released Sunday that the country needs an honest dialogue about Social Security in order to fix the system.