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Income Inequality

23-year-old Carissa Coolbaugh talks about her experiences as a Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipient Dec. 17, 2019, while at her home in Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Poorest Pa. families struggle through holidays as cash welfare stuck at 1990 levels

Pennsylvania’s grant amounts have been stagnant since George H.W. Bush was president. Meanwhile, the state is sitting on $400 million in program reserves.

6 years ago

Listen 4:07
(Al Día)
Community
Broke in Philly

Uncertain future as Puerto Rican community faces gentrification in Norris Square, Philadelphia

Just north of Fishtown and Northern Liberties is Norris Square, a proud Puerto Rican community facing an uncertain future as gentrification takes hold.

6 years ago

John Oliver, Jr., plays guitar at Hub of Hope's Living Room (Michaela WInberg/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

In Suburban Station, live music brings holiday joy to the Hub of Hope

Project HOME’s underground “Living Room” is a place to play and sing.

6 years ago

Leafy Pine Street in Center City is contrasted with treeless North 5th Street in Hunting Park.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly neighborhoods need more trees. A new city initiative takes on the problem.

Philadelphia lost the equivalent of 1,000 football fields worth of tree cover in the last ten years. A first-ever urban forest plan will try to reverse that trend.

6 years ago

A Lyft driver navigates traffic. (Courtesy of Lyft)
PlanPhilly
Community

Lyft is partnering with a Philly social service agency to help people get to work

The ride-hailing service will issue 300 ride credits worth $10 each for clients of Philadelphia Works looking to secure employment.

6 years ago

North 29th Street (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Study: 41% of Philly area renters live in houses that need repair

A new study from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve finds major home repair needs in the region with impacts particularly significant for low-income renters.

6 years ago

Gabriel Toto is a 'bayakou' or latrine cleaner, in Haiti. (Marie Arago for NPR)
NPR
Health

Even researchers were shocked by how tough life is for sanitation workers

The work is dirty, dangerous ...and thankless. Sanitation workers in lower-income countries often endure grueling conditions to perform their duties.

6 years ago

Sen. Joseph Lagana (D-Bergen) and Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D-Mercer) introduced the legislation yesterday (NJ Spotlight)
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

N.J. lawmakers seek to boost state tax credit for low-wage earners

The Earned Income Tax Credit has support from both Democrats and Republicans since it’s believed to keep people employed and off government assistance.

6 years ago

La Salle University nursing students and community leaders took part in a daylong poverty simulation to better understand the needs of the future patients they intend to serve. (Courtesy of La Salle University)
Community
Broke in Philly

Poor man’s game: Students take part in poverty simulation; realize importance of compassion

The ultimate goal was to make students more sensitive as graduated professionals to those grappling with the realities of being impoverished and to better meet their needs.

6 years ago

A closeup of a Wawa sign
Community
Billy Penn

$10,000 challenge: If Wawa gets more Twitter followers than Sheetz, Philabundance wins

A Philly-area businessman is putting his money where his convenience story loyalty is.

6 years ago

Bill Golderer inside the Arch Street Presbyterian Church. (Justin James Muir)
Community
Broke in Philly

Can this charismatic pastor rally Philly around its most intractable problem?

Inside Bill Golderer’s big, bold — and, dare we say, revolutionary — idea for tackling poverty in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

Stony Brook defensive lineman Casey Williams hugs his mother, Zina Williams, while surrounded by friends and family after his team defeated Villanova on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. (Heather Khalifa/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Community
Broke in Philly

The excruciating challenge of being a high school athlete without enough to eat

Food insecurity causes drastic and unhealthy coping solutions for many high school athletes in and around Philly. But many have overcome its consequences.

6 years ago

Volunteer Nina Parker packs a duffel full of supplies during Kind to Kids Foundation’s 4th Annual My Blue Duffel Community Service Day. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Community

Care packages help Delaware foster kids adjust to getting uprooted

This year’s “My Blue Duffel” volunteer event in Newark yielded more than 450 care packages for Delaware children entering the foster care system.

6 years ago

(Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Community
Billy Penn

Most of Philly’s new jobs are being added in low-wage industries

The city’s workforce growth is mostly in positions that pay $35,000 or less.

6 years ago

Camden student Elisha Talley this fall at Morehouse College. (Courtesy of Elisha Talley)
Education

For Camden’s college-bound, it may be easier to get in than to stay in

Many Camden, N.J. high school graduates who go off to HBCUs or private colleges out of state struggle mightily to afford to finish their degrees.

6 years ago

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