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America’s gerontocratic voters helped put the president in office, but the latest polls show their affections are shifting.

The coronavirus crisis has revealed some enduring flaws in America’s civic immune system. It may have also illuminated a time-honored cure.

As 18 million Baby Boomers brace for the financial insecurity of old age, Democrats are pushing to expand Social Security and other elderly benefits.

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Irish Americans used to be progressive champions for the oppressed and the downtrodden. Now many of them are Trump voters.

Fiscal scolds say the bipartisan agreement will irreparably damage the country. In truth, it will help those hurt the most by the Great Recession.

Bill Clinton already ended welfare as we knew it. So what, exactly, are Republicans after now?

"Chained CPI," the GOP's sneaky way of cutting Social Security, is back—and flying under the radar this time.

The president is becoming a typical right-wing Republican, thereby preserving a flawed status quo.

If Democrats play their cards right, they can save the Affordable Care Act or even set the stage for moving health care in a more progressive direction.

But who is getting conned: Trump supporters or Republican elites?

The president was once open to cutting Social Security benefits. Now he wants to expand them. What happened?

Happy birthday to America's biggest and best welfare program