Income Inequality

Baristas at Starbucks as well as indie coffeehouses have driven a surge in organizing. They see their activism as benefiting not just themselves, but working people broadly.

A Sunday strike deadline remains against the Hard Rock casino, but the new pacts appear to greatly increase the likelihood of a deal getting done with Hard Rock as well.

The Mantua property was renovated after sitting abandoned for a decade.

Research is more limited, but shows men that who become parents younger than planned are less likely to go to college and have lower earnings.

Five Philly Starbucks have voted to form unions in a town with a long history of labor organizing. It’s happening for a reason, write Paul Prescod and Daisy Confoy.

Budget negotiations were fraught with concerns over steep increases in property valuations that threatened big tax hikes for many Philly homeowners.

Community Legal Services breaks down a package of bills that aim to lessen the burden for Philly homeowners after residential property values went up by an average of 31%.

MRIs done early for uncomplicated low back pain and routine vitamin D tests "just to be thorough" are considered "low-value care" and can lead to further costly testing.

Local 54 of the Unite Here union will decide whether to authorize union leadership to call a strike against any or all of the nine casinos.

The upgrades are intended to make billing more predictable, but the city says it’s on the customer to notice if they’re being undercharged.

Consumers are watching their pennies at the gas station and grocery store as prices soar, but continue to spend freely in other areas by tapping savings or credit cards.

The country is currently short roughly 1.5 million housing units. A new Chester County initiative aims to help address the affordable housing crisis.

North10 Philadelphia is building "Be a Gem Crossing" at Westmoreland Street and Germantown Avenue. It will replace a motel that neighbors have tried to close for two decades.

Americans at the low end of the income rung are once again struggling to make ends meet.

The formula shortage has upended life for millions of families across the nation and magnified longtime disparities in how infants receive nutrition.