The former vice president is considering a run for president in 2020, but progressives should be leery of his candidacy.
Our longest-serving president would leave a deep mark on the American psyche. But was he saint or villain, and what was his true legacy?
The outgoing House speaker is a villain, and no one will miss him.
A new ProPublica report finds recipients of the earned income tax credit are more likely to be audited than those earning 20 times as much.
In a revealing new interview, the Vermont senator says we are ignoring runaway income inequality at our grave peril.
According to an AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey, just 20 percent expect things to change in the coming years.
Both programs are incredibly popular, and both are set to run out of money in the coming decades. They don't have to.
If Republicans succeed in dismantling Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, we can kiss what's left of our democracy goodbye.
More than 80 years after it was signed into law, the program remains vital to a dignified and independent retirement.
New research lays the blame squarely on the ongoing destruction of the country's social safety net.
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