Aaron Moselle covers housing and community development for WHYY’s PlanPhilly, filing stories for both radio and web. He’s a city native and calls South Philadelphia home.
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Nearly 800,000 people could lose their food stamp benefits if the USDA adopts a new rule aimed at single adult participants.
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Mumps outbreak sends Temple students, staff lining up for free MMR vaccines
More than a hundred Temple University students have come down with the mumps over the last month. The school is offering two free clinics this week.
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Prosecutors: Bucks company ‘exploited’ drug treatment patients to defraud insurers
A grand jury found that Liberation Way orchestrated a series of schemes to profit from those in the throes of drug and alcohol addiction.
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Education activists call on Penn to pay ‘fair share’ to support city schools
The University of Pennsylvania is exempt from paying property taxes in Philadelphia. Activists say the school should contribute its ‘fair share’ for city services anyway.
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Listen 3:04Why is Philly turning to national movements for anti-poverty solutions?
Philadelphia is poised to have three laws rooted in national political movements in less than one year.
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Listen 5:30Nonprofits, insurer team to build subsidized apartments for Philly homeless
Inglis Methodist Gardens also will offer social services and connect its homeless and disabled tenants to nearby mental- and physical-health services.
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ACLU urges Philly bail commissioners to follow the law
The ACLU of Pennsylvania says too many low-income residents are spending time behind bars before trial because they can’t afford bail.
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Does Philly’s ban on cashless stores still leave ‘unbanked’ residents behind?
Philadelphia is the first major city to ban cashless stores. But anti-poverty advocates and low-income residents never asked for it.
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Cash for the poor? General Assistance welfare again under threat in Pa.
General Assistance is for low-income residents who need help, but don’t qualify for traditional welfare because they don’t have dependents.
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Listen 4:04SEPTA police strike won’t disrupt commuters, official says
As nearly 200 SEPTA police officers go on strike, spokesman says transit agency does not expect any service disruption.
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Exhibition games in Philly extra special for Globetrotter guard
Darnell “Speedy” Artis has played with the Harlem Globetrotters for three years, but he never competed in his hometown of Philadelphia. That changes this weekend.
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Listen 3:18What you need to know about the city’s $50M voting system coming this November
The digital machines provide a paper log of each individual vote, not just a tally of the votes cast. Pennsylvania has ordered all counties to replace their voting machines.
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