French women who take time off to have kids won’t get a big fat zero in their Social Security accounts like most of their sisters in the United States.
Tag: social safety net
The Dropped Ball
While the White House and much of the media spun the hurried late-night move as a victory for the middle class, it was a win paid for with new tax cuts worth hundreds of billions of dollars for America’s wealthiest families.
Safety Net Under Siege
Medicare and Medicaid are essential for the security of millions of Americans.
Social Security: It Ain’t Broke
It's a basic part of what makes America run, like our national highway system.
The Invisible Hand Won’t Stop Inequality in Its Tracks
We'll have more economic and climate disasters on Sandy's scale unless our political systems intervene.
Record Poverty Persists While Gap Between Rich and Rest of Us Increases
Sadly, those who "occupied" Wall Street and city squares across the country in 2011, were right: All of the income gains have concentrated at the top, while the rest of us saw a deterioration or stagnation in our wages and income.
Low-Wage Nation
Poverty and inequality are threatening our democracy.
Better Public Schools Require a Stronger Safety Net
School segregation by class is the norm in the United States.