Obviously, minor children normally aren’t working and contributing to the Social Security program toward their future retirement, but that doesn’t mean Social Security isn’t there to protect them.

Because it's not a given that you'll be able to claim Social Security at 70, one of the best things you can do in case your plans don't pan out is build savings. That way, if your monthly benefits end ...

In 2026, you must earn $1,890 to get one Social Security work credit. Learn how credits work and why part-time and gig ...

By Russell Gloor, National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature ...

A new Social Security Administration report shows how benefits vary by age and lifetime earnings, and why higher earners ...

As is always the case, putting some pencil to paper to create a clear comparison is much better than just trusting your gut.

The Social Security Administration has reduced wait times for those contacting the agency. However, with its employees ...

There are millions of older Americans today who probably would not be able to survive financially without Social Security.

In 1971, the iconic song writer John Lennon penned the lyrics to his famous song “Imagine,” asking us to picture a world in ...

A 65-year-old worker recently posted on Reddit about a problem many near-retirees face: they enrolled in Social Security at ...

As the nation hits a dangerous economic inflection point, its long-predicted future demographic crisis will not be that we have too many people for too few jobs but rather too few people will be ...

Americans become eligible for Social Security retirement benefits when they're in their early 60s, and for some, that's all ...