Income Inequality

The water will stay on for those unable to pay their utility bills through April 2022, officials announced Monday.

The $1.9 trillion bill approved Saturday carries direct payments of up to $1,400 for most Americans, extended emergency unemployment benefits and spending for vaccines.

Millions who lost jobs at the beginning of the pandemic are still out of the labor force, making up levels not seen since the Great Recession.

Embiid's donation will provide meals, clothing, COVID treatment, health care, summer camp and essential care for teens, the team announced in a release Saturday.

Tawanda Jones was on a mission to relocate dozens of people from a school gym, to keep them warm over the weekend.

As demand for food banks remains elevated one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, growing support has helped them keep pace, officials say.

The announcement comes as new unemployment claims in N.J. are at their lowest levels since the pandemic began.

Moderate Democrats have demanded that the $1400 stimulus checks be targeted at low and moderate-income people.

Amid surging job loss due to COVID-19, a no-bid contract led to bungled unemployment payments to people who weren’t given timely information about errors.

Grassroots mutual aid groups in South Jersey provide food, basic necessities, even companionship as the COVID pandemic approaches the 1-year mark.

Neighborhood leader Logan Herring says the two recently-installed units are a welcome and needed addition to a community he considers a food desert.

The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is formally expanding a $3 million financial relief fund that it quietly launched earlier this month, to help those struggling

Appraisal bias contributes to wealth disparities and segregation in Philadelphia and other cities. Diversifying the appraisal industry would help.

People set up tents inside the underground concourse at 12th and Locust streets seeking warmth and shelter during the recent snow emergency.

The Ben Franklin Parkway occupation followed a well-trodden model. What can city government do to break the cycle?