Social Security Works for Women

Our Social Security system is gender-neutral, but because women tend to have lower earnings over the course of their working years and longer life expectancies, Social Security is particularly important to women.  As women’s participation in the workforce has...

Social Security Works for Young Americans

Opponents of our Social Security system often justify cuts to the program by framing retirement security as a question of generational equity, and pitting the needs of today’s retirees against the futures of young workers—in particular, the millennial generation—by...