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Income Inequality

Volunteer Steve Huber drops off a box of food to a senior is public housing. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Food pantries hit with more need, less supply during pandemic

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

6 years ago

Listen 3:29
Some homes in the 3700 block of North 15th Street, where six Philadelphia police officers were wounded during a shoot out in August, still have the bullet holes. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

Stimulus could heighten racial economic inequality, historians warn

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

6 years ago

Dana Heller, 3rd medical student, Dr. Pierre Chanson, Natalie Gonzalez, 4th year medical student, Dr. Renell Dupree, and Dr. Ala Stanford, are part of the Black Doctors COVID-19 consortium. They are taking mobile testing at-risk zip codes in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Black doctors consortium takes COVID-19 testing into their own hands

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

6 years ago

Roderick Sanders came to pick up food at a Long Branch food pantry after losing his job in a local restaurant. (Jon Hurdle/NJ Spotlight)
Community
NJ Spotlight

Pressure on Food Banks and Pantries as Demand Surges with Rising Jobless Ranks

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

6 years ago

Hungry residents wait in line to pick up free food from the city Monday at Aspira Charter Stetson in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Radio Times
Health

Poverty and the pandemic

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

Air Date: April 7, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:14
More than 830,000 Pennsylvanians have abruptly found themselves without a job or income following the statewide shutdown of schools and all but “life-sustaining” businesses — decisions intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Radio Times
Money

Unemployment during coronavirus

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

Air Date: April 3, 2020

Listen 49:15
With much of the country ordered to stay at home, countless businesses have shut down and millions are out of work. (Mark Thiessen/AP)
NPR
Community

6.6 million file for unemployment, another dismal record

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

6 years ago

The rural Milton Area School District has been distributing technology to families that need it. (Courtesy of Milton Area School District)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Coronavirus shutdown reveals inequity of student internet access across Pa.

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

6 years ago

Listen 3:56
The legislation includes $450 million to boost inventories at the nation's food banks, which are already hurting from increased demand. (John Moore/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Relief package a good start, say advocates for the poor. But more help is needed.

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.

6 years ago

Fast food and retail workers rally for a 'fair workweek' in 2018 JAMES BLOCKER / PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER VIA BROKE IN PHILLY
Community
Billy Penn

‘I’m an essential worker’: Nannies, Uber drivers and other low-wage earners ask Philly for coronavirus relief fund

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

6 years ago

A 2018-19 WIC food guide at a supermarket in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

When you shop, don’t leave mothers using WIC empty-handed

The federal benefits can only be used for certain sizes and brands — and shelves are running dry.

6 years ago

(Edward Lea/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)
Politics & Policy

Here’s how Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware say they’re helping laid off workers

As the coronavirus pandemic puts thousands of people out of work, state and federal governments are finding ways to help them survive.

6 years ago

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson
Politics & Policy

Most renters will not receive protections under WH proposal

Despite what Trump said this week, most renters, many of whom just lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic, will not be eligible for eviction protections.

6 years ago

Philadelphia streets have slowed down in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Money

Coronavirus cash: Is now the time to ‘go big’ with a basic income relief package?

Coronavirus has brought the idea of unconditional cash transfers, a policy being experimented with in Philly, to the national stage.

6 years ago

Free Library of Philadelphia
Community
Billy Penn

Philly vows to pay seasonal workers at libraries and rec centers during shutdown

Hundreds of furloughed city employees are now guaranteed paychecks throughout the coronavirus crisis.

6 years ago

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