Social Security

Research finds that paying for a universal basic income would likely mean cutting welfare, food stamps, and the Earned Income Tax Credit.

The social media company says it's working to resolve concerns that the policy will silence countless activists, particularly undocumented people decrying the Trump administration.

In her new book, political scientist Suzanne Mettler asks: How can the U.S. government provide so much, yet still be the object of such derision?

Very few surveys ask people if they're transgender. One economist managed to mine American government data for clues to the transgender American experience over the last seven decades.

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

A new study finds unauthorized immigrants create a huge surplus in Medicare by contributing to payroll taxes, but not withdrawing benefits.

Can the lessons of small-town North Dakota be applied to the big city?

Millions of Californians—like many tens of millions throughout the country—lack adequate pension security to sustain them after their work lives end.

Updates to past Pacific Standard print stories.

After signing up for coverage and disclosing they were smokers, about 100 New Hampshire consumers, including Terry Wetherby, find their new Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield policies canceled because they were charged incorrect “non-smoker” rates.

Updates to past Pacific Standard print stories.

Thanks to decades of stagnant wages and the Great Recession, more than half of American working-class households are at risk of being unable to sustain their standard of living past retirement. Duncan Black is trying to change that.

More than social security, pension, and personal savings, those currently entering retirement fear the cost of health care, according to a new survey.