Tag: poverty

Photo of a Social Security office

Consider the myriad reasons Black Americans get 19 percent less from Social Security during their retirement years than White retirees. Inequities in the labor market limit their job opportunities and earnings, which are the basis for determining how much they will get in their Social Security checks. Poorer health or the demands of caring for…

Prison bars

Some 300,000 men in their 50s and early 60s were receiving federal disability benefits in 2016 as a direct result of a past surge in incarceration, according to new research. The number of American men in federal or state prisons peaked at 1.5 million in 2010. That surge, which continues to affect the disability program…