The Congressional Budget Office has released its September 2020 outlook report for major federal trust funds, factoring unemployment data since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic. Social Security has long been on the path toward financial exhaustion. In the past, far more money was collected via payroll taxes than needed to pay immediate benefits. This…

Dr. Jody Stanislaw is a naturopathic doctor specializing in the study of diabetes and the effects of sugar on the body. She is also a type-1 diabetic, which she credits as being one of the reasons she’s always been fascinated with sugar in her medical career. Most of us are pretty fascinated with sugar, too—from…

The past several years, we’ve seen an alarming legislative trend: Asking young Americans to trade their future Social Security benefits for repaying their student loan debt. Asking new parents to trade their future Social Security benefits for parental paid leave. And now, suggesting the next COVID-19 pandemic stimulus comes from Social Security. In this most…

Just because you’re retired doesn’t mean you have to stop earning money. Maybe your retirement savings haven’t accumulated to quite what you were hoping. Maybe Social Security checks just aren’t cutting it. Or maybe you just want to keep working! After dedicating so many years of your life to a career, this could be the…