Income Inequality

A governor’s order allowed municipalities to extend the May 1 quarterly tax deadline by a month, to June 1. As many have now discovered, Camden didn’t.

When the 2008 financial meltdown happened, we knew we had to move fast. Now, another economic disaster looms and Philly has a chance to lessen its impact.

The disparity in ballot applications follows familiar lines.

Kenney wrote that the city school district will receive "higher than anticipated funding" in the $25 billion budget approved this week by the Pennsylvania General Assembly.

The communities hit hardest by the coronavirus are also the most at risk during the extreme heat expected to come this summer, epidemiologists say.

Officials at Philadelphia International Airport had initially planned Friday to remove the between 50 and 100 homeless people.

Since the entire city district usually gets free lunch, P-EBT cards go to everyone.

Many laid-off workers who lost health insurance in the coronavirus shutdown soon face the first deadlines to qualify for fallback coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

The SEPTA board will soon vote on a fare proposal created before the pandemic. Should the fare plan change because the economy has changed?

A push for a union was brewing before the museum was shut because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the coronavirus continues to upend the job market, many people have started wondering how they will make their rent and mortgage payments on the first of the month.

Roughly 38.6 million people have now filed for jobless aid since the coronavirus forced millions of businesses to close their doors and shrink their workforces.

More than $50 million in federal funding is coming to Pennsylvania to fight food insecurity during the pandemic.

Up to 100 families who are at risk of losing their homes because of financial hardship caused by the pandemic are targeted to receive emergency, no-strings-attached assistance

Pennsylvania is lagging behind other states in helping foster youth during the pandemic, advocates say.