The State Of . . . Social Security: First Principles

The Social Security Act became law on August 14, 1935. The act was passed during the Great Depression and when America was shifting away from a country where the majority of Americans lived and worked on farms. Many of those Americans were provided with economic security by extended family members. However, the Great Depression [...]

The State Of . . . Social Security: First Principles

The Social Security Act became law on August 14, 1935. The act was passed during the Great Depression and when America was shifting away from a country where the majority of Americans lived and worked on farms. Many of those Americans were provided with economic security by extended family members. However, the Great Depression [...]

James Baldwin: American Master

“If we do not now dare everything, the fulfillment of that prophecy, re-created from the Bible in song by a slave, is upon us: God gave Noah the rainbow sigh, No more water, the fire next time!” (from The Fire Next Time, 1963)
No writer in American history is more clear, more concise or more accurate [...]