
Income Inequality
Why and how 11 Trump states raised the minimum wage, explained
Here’s a look at the path to minimum wage increases in other reddish states.
6 years ago
Delaware food bank opens expanded facility to help meet needs of 114,000
The Food Bank of Delaware expands ability to help more than 114,000 residents in the state who struggle with food insecurity.
6 years ago
More inventors, more renters: Four surprising takeaways from Pew’s annual report on Philly
Pew’s ‘State of the City’ report reads like Philly’s annual physical, clocking growth, successes, and struggles over the past 10 years.
6 years ago
Saying goodbye to EAT Café: Philly’s first pay-what-you-can restaurant to close
Drexel’s pay-what-you-can restaurant is going out of business.
6 years ago
The high cost of good child care
We explore the rising cost of child care -- why quality daycare is so difficult to find and how to make it more affordable.
Air Date: April 11, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:29Stacey Abrams: her politics and her life
Stacey Abrams talks about her book, "Lead from the Outside" and about current politics, voting rights, and her personal story.
Air Date: April 5, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:31USDA begins wading through public reaction to proposed change to SNAP program
Nearly 800,000 people could lose their food stamp benefits if the USDA adopts a new rule aimed at single adult participants.
6 years ago
Rooms for rent: Inside Philadelphia’s shadow housing market
One year ago, a family died in a Philadelphia rooming house fire. City officials promised reform. Nothing has changed.
6 years ago
Room to disagree: Why Philly can’t decide what to do with its illegal rooming houses
A deadly house fire at an illegal rooming house in North Philadelphia last March had city officials calling for reform. But one year later, nothing has changed.
Air Date: March 28, 2019
Listen 15:29Pa. Republicans, Democrats stake out positions in general assistance battle
They already got rid of it once before, in 2012. But the program landed back on the GOP chopping block after the state Supreme Court revived it last year on a technicality.
6 years ago
New MANNA Institute to lead ‘food is medicine’ push
Insurance companies don’t cover most meal plans — because there’s not enough research to prove they should.
6 years ago
Parking lot workers earning poverty wages, report says
Parking lot workers make poverty wages as the industry rakes in profits in Philadelphia, according to a new report.
6 years ago
How the college admissions system favors the privileged and disadvantages most everyone else
Even before dozens of parents were charged with paying bribes to universities all over the country, the university system has always been rigged to favor some over others.
Air Date: March 20, 2019
Listen 49:44ACLU urges Philly bail commissioners to follow the law
The ACLU of Pennsylvania says too many low-income residents are spending time behind bars before trial because they can’t afford bail.
6 years ago
Philabundance announces ambitious program to give people more than food
Philabundance is embarking on a far-reaching plan to attack hunger.
6 years ago