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Combining dollar cutoffs with indexing changes fundamentally alters the structure and philosophy that have guided the Social Security program for the past 90 years.
We Need to Include LGBTQI+ Voices in the Prison Reform Discussion On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, how are LGBTQI+ Americans treated in the criminal justice system today?Aiming for the True Count: Four Numbers That Matter in the 2020 Census The fairness and accuracy of the census, and its miscounts, are governed by four simple numbers.How Can We Reduce Housing Instability among LGBTQ Americans? Housing instability among LGBTQ Americans ranges from discrimination to homelessness.More than Half a Million SNAP Recipients Could Lose Benefits over Time under Proposed Poverty Measure The Trump administration has proposed changing how inflation is measured when setting federal poverty thresholds.Congress’s Proposed Effort to Encourage Retirement Savings Ignores Larger Threats to Retirement Security Late last month, the House overwhelmingly passed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act.