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1938: American social reformer and politician Frances Perkins, the Secretary of Labour in Franklin Delano Roosevelt's cabinet, aboard US liner Washington on arrival at Plymouth, bound for a conference in Geneva. (Photo by London Express/Getty Images) (London Express/Getty Images)

Let’s honor the legacy of Frances Perkins by fighting to expand Social Security and Medicare

Nancy J. Altman, Linda Benesch
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. left, and director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney arrive for a Republican caucus meeting on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Washington. () (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The GOP’s tax cut bonanza is a major attack on Medicare

Nancy Altman, Linda Benesch