Income Inequality

In the first “Dear Akeem” video from the Broke in Philly collaboration, Akeem Dixon outlines summer activities and job opportunities for young people in the city.

The law increasing New Jersey’s minimum wage from the current $8.85 bears first fruit today

Income inequality has grown over the last several decades in the U.S. And as the gap between rich and poor yawns, so does the gap in their health, according to a new study

Philadelphia officials are trying a new approach to aggressive panhandling and interacting with people experiencing homelessness in general.

This is the second time Republicans have tried to ax the General Assistance program.

A new report from the United Way found that nearly two million households in Pennsylvania have a hard time paying for basic necessities like housing and food.

Hope & Door is a partnership between Berger Rental and One Step Away.

Philadelphia sends one-third of its trash to an incinerator in Chester deemed by researchers to be one of the dirtiest in the nation.

The Same Day Work program — developed by Mural Arts with the Scattergood Foundation and MHP, and funded by private philanthropy — is eight weeks into a two-year pilot.

The Equal Justice Center will be a one-stop-shop for low-income residents to get help from Philly’s civil legal aid community.

African-Americans are three times more likely to die from asthma as whites.

“Heard” features stories from people who’ve lived on the street.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Thursday the United States needs to find ways to address a decades-long slowdown in income growth and upward economic mobility.

Your parents are still the biggest indicator of how successful you'll become.

Theater companies are reaching out to lower-income patrons with alternative ticketing models.