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Humberto Manzano, Jr., delivers an arriving pallet of goods at an Amazon.com fulfillment center in Phoenix.  (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, file)
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Lifestyle

On the Clock with Emily Guendelsberger

One journalist took three low-wage jobs; one at Amazon, one at McDonalds, and another at a call center - to learn about work in modern America.

Air Date: July 16, 2019 10:00 am

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Sharif Abdur-Rahim, one of two founding brothers of West Philadelphia's African Cultural Arts Forum, stands in a second-floor workshop used to store African art and to produce the oils, incense and personal-care products they sell. (Kriston Jae Bethel for NextCity)
Community
Broke in Philly

Can employee ownership preserve legacy businesses in communities of color?

Next City looks at year one of the SEED Fellowship, which educates small-business owners on how to craft succession plans and convert to employee ownership.

7 years ago

Revelers (from left) Francesca Negron, Ann Patricia, and Katherine Patterson, wear period costumes for the final Bastille Day performance on July 14, 2018. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Fraternité! Bastille Day to rise again in Fairmount

The French holiday spurred a beloved farce at historic Eastern State Penitentiary that ended last year. Now, local businesses are picking up the torch.

7 years ago

Hahnemann University Hospital. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Hahnemann bankruptcy proceedings start slowly in Wilmington

The hearing on the overall closure plan is now scheduled for Friday, July 19.

7 years ago

Hahnemann nurse Joelle Leone (right) chants with about 800 protesters outside Hahnemann Hospital to demand that the facility remain open. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Hundreds swarm Hahnemann to protest closure, with Sanders campaign leading the call

Protesters slammed Joel Freedman, Hahnemann’s owner, for what they see as an attempt to encroach on a vulnerable hospital for real estate profits.

7 years ago

In this Thursday, May 25, 2017 photo, an assembly line laborer works alongside a collaborative robot, left, on a chainsaw production line at the Stihl Inc. production plant in Virginia Beach, Va. (John Minchillo/AP Photo)
Science

Will robots take your jobs? Why this is such a hard question to answer

A new report says Philadelphia will do quite well compared to other places in the U.S. as more work gets automated.

7 years ago

(Danya Henninger / Billy Penn)
Community
Broke in Philly

Entrepreneurs: What do you want to know about funding your hustle in Philly?

Tell us your questions about gaining access to capital or drumming up business. We’ll report out the answers.

7 years ago

Sikorsky S-92 rotor (David Monniaux [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]
Money

After Trump request, Lockheed keeps Coatesville helicopter plant open

Wednesday night's announcement comes little more than a month after the company told the Coatesville facility's 465 employees the plant would close by the end of the year.

7 years ago

Hahnemann Hospital will stop delivering babies after Friday, July 12, worsening a citywide shortage of labor and delivery units. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

‘They’re bursting at the seams’: As Hahnemann closes labor unit, concerns over lack of maternity wards in Philly

Area nurses, midwives and other medical providers said the loss of a hospital like Hahnemann that takes many Medicaid-dependent patients is unfathomable.

7 years ago

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Hahnemann University Hospital. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Hahnemann plans to transfer most medical residents to Tower Health hospitals

Drexel College of Medicine and Hahnemann Hospital announced a shift of most residency programs to Philly region facilities managed by Tower Health.

7 years ago

Workers labor at the construction site of a condominium building in the Newport section of Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, May 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

N.J. goes after employers who misclassify workers as independent contractors

Governor says misclassification is ‘an unfair business practice and it is illegal,’ as new report proposes remedies for growing problem

7 years ago

Noji Olaigbe, left, from the Fight for a $15 Minimum Wage movement speaks during a McDonald's workers strike as part of the nationwide movement, at the McDonald's at 27 West Broward Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Thursday, May 23, 2019. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)
Money

Hiking minimum wage to $15 would boost millions, report says

Gradually raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour would boost pay for as many as 27 million workers, but it could also cost as many as 1.3 million jobs by 2025.

7 years ago

Refinery works watch protestors outside the PES refinery Tuesday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Analysts say Philadelphia refinery, shut down after fire, unlikely to find a willing buyer

More than 1,000 people will be out of work once Philadelphia Energy Solutions' refinery closes its doors this month.

7 years ago

Jonathan Jacobs, founder of ETHOS GSFM, used his background in architecture to design his new 1,500-squre-foot flagship location at 339 N. Broad Street (Abdul Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Upscale barbershop grooms not just hair, but a social mission

Jonathan Jacobs is on a mission to improve and elevate the barbering industry.

7 years ago

A person exits Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 26, 2019.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Hahnemann no longer receiving trauma patients; ER to remain open

The Center City hospital’s chief medical officer said: “We felt this move is in the best interest of patient safety.”

7 years ago

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