Income Inequality

Tens of thousands of Pa. workers are still trying to receive unemployment compensation as those processing claims work seven days a week.

The National Association of State Workforce Agencies told lawmakers on Capitol Hill that it would take most states 8-20 weeks to move to a modified system of awarding benefits

Last week’s pace of unemployment applications — the 18th straight week it’s topped 1 million — was up from 1.3 million the previous week.

Economists say ending the boost could trigger a downturn that would cost Pennsylvania another 250,000 jobs.

PennPIRG, a nonpartisan group that advocates for consumers, said nearly 800,000 households and 55,000 businesses in Pennsylvania are at risk of a shutoff.

Front-line workers in several U.S. cities walked off their jobs and took to the streets to demand racial and economic justice.

An open letter to Mayor Kenney and Philadelphia Housing Authority CEO Kelvin Jeremiah about the city’s homeless encampments and demands for housing.

The $600-a-week federal supplement was designed to make the average worker whole during the worst economic downturn in at least four decades.

Residents of the camp have said they would not leave until the city provided permanent housing options.

The Labor Department’s report showed that applications for jobless aid fell by about 10,000 from the previous week. The figure has now topped 1 million for 17 straight weeks.

The coronavirus pandemic could push up to 132 million people into hunger by the end of 2020, according to a new United Nations report.

Thanks to philanthropy, the city is stepping in for people the federal government left out.

It’s time for cities to take a reparative framework that addresses impacts of past harm.

The tents have encroached on Von Colln Park’s ballfield, where kids were scheduled to start playing this week. Demands go unmet; neighbors are frustrated.

“You’re basically taking away money from the landlord,” argued Paul Cohen, an attorney for The Homeowners Association of Philadelphia.