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Income Inequality

Food Bank workers prepare lunch inside the industrial kitchen at the new facility in Glasgow. The kitchen will be used for training in the expanded culinary program. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

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

A view of the Philadelphia skyline from the Market-Frankford elevated line in West Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

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

Patrons file into the EAT Café on Lancaster Avenue in University City. The pay-what-you-can restaurant will close on April 19 after 2 1/2 years in business. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Money

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

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

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 49:29
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Stacey 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 49:31
Residents of Reading, Pennsylvania wait in line at the St. James Chapel Church food bank. Four in ten households in Reading receive SNAP benefits. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

USDA 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

James Smith Jr. rents a room in Victor Pickney's rooming house. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

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

The deadly fire that engulfed 1855 N. 21st St. began on the second floor. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Urban Planning

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 15:29
The state Capitol building in Harrisburg. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. 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

Workers in MANNA's kitchen (Provided)
Community
Broke in Philly

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

The private parking industry had revenue estimated at $453 million in 218, according to a report evaluating that business sector. (Michael D'Onofrio/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

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

Photo AP/Ben Margot
Radio Times
Education

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 49:44
In this Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 photo, a guard opens a gate at the deactivated House of Correction in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law
Broke in Philly

ACLU 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.

7 years ago

Philabundance provides food throughout the region, including at so-called
Community
Broke in Philly

Philabundance announces ambitious program to give people more than food

Philabundance is embarking on a far-reaching plan to attack hunger.

7 years ago

Dwight Tindal works in demolition and is unbanked. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Money
Broke in Philly

Does Philly’s ban on cashless stores still leave ‘unbanked’ residents behind?

Philadelphia is the first major city to ban cashless stores. But anti-poverty advocates and low-income residents never asked for it.

7 years ago

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