NNPA NEWSWIRE — Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 4.1 percent. All employees' average workweek increased by 0.1 hours to 34.3...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Set SMART Financial Goals (SMART: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time Bound). Start by defining your short-term, intermediate, and long-term financial goals. Whether it’s...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Social Security and SSI benefits will increase in 2024, and this will help millions of people keep up with expenses,” stated Kilolo Kijakazi,...
Veteran progressive leader Sandré Swanson, who is running for office to “put kids and families first,” spoke at a fundraiser over Labor Day weekend emphasizing his...
Food security advocates, policymakers, and others had been warning of the dire consequences to those most in need if Congress chose to halt the extra allotments...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — AARP Georgia released key findings from a 2022 runoff election survey that shows candidates should pay close attention to Georgians age 50 and older, with...
An average couple’s benefits would increase by $154 to $2,753 per month in 2022.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The IRS will base the payments on the adjusted gross income of taxpayers’ 2019 return. If a 2019 return hasn’t been filed (the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Following the Shelby County v. Holder Supreme Court case, which gutted key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, 14 states had new voting...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The BWR Justice Project was developed to address key race, pocketbook and safety issues identified in the 5th Annual BWR/ESSENCE Magazine ‘Power of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Caucasians didn’t lose as much wealth during the Great Recession and have recovered more of it, so white households now hold close to...
EAST TEXAS REVIEW — Two senators just introduced a bill designed to shield veterans’ disability benefits from debt collectors.
AB 3224, authored by Assemblymember Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond), will protect Californians against private sector employees determining eligibility for Medi-Cal, CalFresh, and CalWORKs applicants. The bill passed...
WASHINGTON (McClatchy) — A first-of-its-kind provision that prevents welfare recipients in Kansas from withdrawing more than $25 a day from an ATM might violate federal law,...
(Black Enterprise) – Social Security along with America Saves, the American Savings Education Council, and the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement recently launched the...
Stephen Ohlemacher, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are getting older, but not this old: Social Security records show that 6.5 million people in the...
ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Promising to help America’s middle class, President Barack Obama on Monday sent Congress a record $4 trillion budget that...
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Solid economic growth will help the federal budget deficit shrink this year to its lowest level since President Barack...
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Solid economic growth will help the federal budget deficit shrink this year to its lowest level since President Barack...
(Politico) – Like Mrs. O’Leary’s cow, House Republicans kick-started a bigger fire than many imagined with an opening day rules change that revived Social Security...
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans want Congress to address the troubled finances of Social Security’s disability program, setting the stage for a...
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans want Congress to address the troubled finances of Social Security’s disability program, setting the stage for a...