SSI reform is far more cost-effective than fighting poverty through Social Security.

In a recent article, Teresa Ghilarducci, a prominent economist who focuses on retirement issues, highlights what she sees as the problem of elderly poverty in the United States: “Already, America’s ...

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, one in ten older adults in the U.S. — or 5.9 million individuals 65 or over — lives in poverty, although the percentage varies from state to state. In the District ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) David W. Rasmussen, Florida State University (THE CONVERSATION) In 1959, more than a ...

While Washington’s poverty rate has fallen considerably as the state has grown more affluent in the past decade, elder poverty appears to be growing across the state, new Census Bureau data indicates.