AARP Navigator: Maximizing Retirement Income Tour

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Pickleball Might Be the Most Fun Way to Age Well

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Research shows pickleball can improve heart health, sharpen your mind, and build real connections, all while making you laugh and break a sweat.

AARP’s Key Fights for Social Security

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As Social Security turns 90, senior vice president Bill Sweeney describes key moments when AARP stood up to strengthen and protect the program.

Insider Tips for Traveling Solo on a River Cruise

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Chris Gray Faust, Executive Editor of Cruise Critic, provides tips and tricks for solo travelers embarking on a river cruise.

Cancer Survivor Took Early Benefits to Survive

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Leila Gibson-Green earned the right to Social Security. Now those benefits help her fight cancer and hope for more time with her grandkids.

This Worker’s First Job Made Social Security Real

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Steven Porter has consistently contributed to Social Security since his first job, which now helps cover essentials like electricity and car repairs.

Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) Loss: Internet Use and Daily Life

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Internet connectivity plays a vital role in essential tasks like money management, job applications and gig work, healthcare and appointments, information seeking, communication, education, social connection, shopping and entertainment.

Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) Loss: Additional Value Provided by Access to the Internet

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For many participants, internet access helps them stay engaged, organized, and purposeful. Study participants shared that staying online helps them feel less isolated and more engaged with their families, communities, and cultural identities.

Loss of Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)

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The federal ACP was program designed to help low-income households afford internet service and a connected device. After the program ended in April 2024, low-income recipients struggled to remain connected.

This Recipient Never Forgot First FICA Deduction

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At 70, Verel Johnson lives off of Social Security alone and still remembers when HR first taught her how this deduction would support her future.

Part-Time Teacher Depends on Social Security

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Leeza Burton still works part-time as a substitute teacher while depending on Social Security for part of her income, but she can’t keep working forever.