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Income Inequality

A person walks with their belongings on Kensington Avenue on May 7, 2020. (Erin Blewett / Kensington Voice)
Community
Broke in Philly

Philly curfews and closures create challenges for people experiencing homelessness, outreach workers

The Philadelphia police did not have a clear answer for how they determine if someone is experiencing homelessness, which would exempt them from the curfew.

6 years ago

Volunteers load food boxes into cars during a food distribution by the Food Bank of South Jersey in Riverside, Burlington County on June 6. (Jon Hurdle/NJ Spotlight)
Community
NJ Spotlight

Food banks expect demand to remain high for months as N.J. starts to reopen

With unemployment at 15%, thousands will struggle to put their own food on the table, food bank officials say

6 years ago

On June 5, Corinne Bradley-Powers, owner of Corinne's Place, stands in front of her popular Camden restaurant holding the notice she received that her restaurant would be on a list for sheriff's sale this month if she didn't pay the $282 she owed.  (Photo by April Saul for WHYY)
Community

Rude awakening for Camden property owners who thought N.J. delayed local tax deadline

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.

6 years ago

USPS carrier Henrietta Dixon
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

I was a Philly judge in 2008. We need to act now to stop the next economic crisis

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.

6 years ago

A group of volunteers in South Philly's 48th Ward went door to door to encourage residents to apply for mail-in ballots COURTESY ANTON MOORE
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Why aren’t Philly’s low-income communities of color voting by mail? Same reasons as usual, organizers say

The disparity in ballot applications follows familiar lines.

6 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney (City of Philadelphia)
Politics & Policy
NBC10

Kenney scraps Philly property tax increase, citing state help

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.

6 years ago

Open fire hydrant during heatwave in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

A deadly hot summer is coming. Philly doesn’t yet have a plan.

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

6 years ago

A homeless person sleeps at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Monday, May 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Philadelphia to test, move homeless sheltering at airport

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

6 years ago

School District of Philadelphia headquarters
Community
Billy Penn

Philly school families get pandemic cash bonus for food, so those who don’t need it plan donation drive

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

6 years ago

FILE - This file image provided by U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service shows the website for HealthCare.gov. 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. (U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service via AP, File)
Health

1st deadlines for laid-off workers to get health insurance

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.

6 years ago

SEPTA turnstiles (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Now is the time to remake SEPTA’s fare structure

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

6 years ago

Philadelphia Art Museum
Arts & Entertainment

‘Inequities and biases’: Workers petition for union at Philadelphia Museum of Art ahead of reopening

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

6 years ago

A pedestrian walks past graffiti that reads
Radio Times
Urban Planning

Evictions, strikes, and making rent during a 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.

Air Date: May 21, 2020

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A barbershop in Norristown is closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Community

Nearly 39 million have sought US jobless aid since virus hit

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.

6 years ago

A man buys groceries in a supermarket.
Community

Coronavirus update: Pa. gets federal funds to fight food waste and insecurity 

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

6 years ago

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