Income Inequality

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.

Princeton economists Angus Deaton and Anne Case discuss their book, "Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism" about income inequality and increased morbidity.

We need to start laying recovery groundwork now.

For Philly and Your Neighbor Good are helping Philadelphians in need.

Organizations that feed those in need have been forced to change the way they operate during the pandemic.

Like the New Deal and G.I. Bill before it, the latest federal attempt to juice the economy will play out unevenly.

Black Philadelphians are disproportionately dying of coronavirus. Now, a group of Black doctors is trying to bring tests to their neighborhoods.

Food distributors hit by reduced donations, higher prices and fewer volunteers

We look at how the coronavirus disproportionately affects people living in poverty and talk about gun violence in Philadelphia during the outbreak.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to slow the economy, countries all over the world are grappling with unemployment. How do different countries compare?

The number of new people claiming unemployment benefits totaled a staggering 6.648 million last week — doubling the record set a week earlier

Forced to shift learning online due to school closures, districts in rural Pennsylvania have to get creative to get students connected.

Advocates for the poor say it's only a first step and that those at the lower end of the economic scale will need much more help in the months ahead.

Nearly 400 people gathered remotely on a Zoom call with city lawmakers.