General

• Alliance for Retired Americans, find fact sheets and resources and take action to strengthen Social Security.
• AARP, a special section on Social Security, e-mail lawmakers and other information on retirement security.
• The Brookings Institution, information on Social Security and long-term fiscal issues.
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities offers a state-by-state analysis of the percentage of seniors Social Security has lifted from poverty.  
• Center for American Progress, information on pensions and Social Security.
• The Century Foundation’s Social Security Network, information, analysis and expert commentary from a wide range of sources.
• The Economic Policy Institute examines Social Security privatization. 
• Institute for America’s Future, the latest news on the drive to strengthen, not privatize Social Security.

Stay Informed—Social Security News 

• Get the latest headlines on Social Security from the Alliance for Retired Americans.

Facts and Figures

• Privatizing Social Security raises cost of saving for retirement.
• Check out the latest annual report on Social Security’s fiscal health from the program’s trustees. View reports dating back to 1997.
• 10 myths about Social Security.

Failed Privatization Experiments

• “A Bloody Mess,” an examination of the failures of Great Britain’s privatization of old age benefits. 
• Chile, Bush’s favorite privatization example.
• More on Chile and Great Britain’s privatization failures.

Privatization and Its Impact on People of Color, Women, Younger Workers and People with Disabilities 

• Privatization is wrong for African Americans, from Dollars & Sense magazine.  
• Setting the record straight, Social Security and Latinos.
• Today’s Social Security system benefits the Latino community.
• Social Security is not just your mom’s retirement program.
• Cutting women’s benefits because they live longer? Some suggest it.
• A state-by-state analysis of how privatizing Social Security and cutting benefits would harm women and children.
• Bush’s privatization leaves younger workers worse off.
• The National Urban League explores Social Security’s impact on alleviating child poverty.