Income Inequality

Members of the Philly food service workers’ union, including cooks, servers, bartenders, dishwashers and concessions workers, are walking off the job.

The Biden administration expects the debt relief program will help 30 million people nationwide.

The sweeping new proposals, if enacted, could ease student loan debt for millions of borrowers.

The simulation is intended to be a role-playing experience designed to give participants a glimpse of what someone may experience living a month in poverty.

The “Our Philly Neighborhoods” campaign also calls for home repair funding and an expansion of the pool of residents who can freeze their taxes.

Home prices and mortgage rates continue to make affording a home a real challenge.

On Friday, the Education Department announced an error in its calculations for federal student aid that will result in delays for as many as 200,000 applicants.

The 78,000 borrowers who are eligible for this forgiveness will receive an email from the president next week, the White House said.

The funding will help several projects addressing affordable housing, community center repairs, infrastructure upgrades and PFAS mitigation.

Sen. Casey is leading the Democratic attack on “greedflation” — a blunt term for corporations that jack up prices and rip off shoppers to maximize profits.

The pilot program chose people on the city's long waitlist for housing vouchers to test how much direct cash payments can help.

Philadelphia City Councilmember-At-Large Katherine Gilmore Richardson said that the SAVE plan effectively wiped out her remaining student debt in October.

The Creative Vision Factory has been a mecca and safe haven for people struggling with mental illness, substance abuse, or homelessness, and sometimes all three.

Congress faces a possible government shutdown if a deal isn't reached by March 1, which could affect 51,000 in Pa. by exacerbating budget shortfalls for the WIC program.

New initiatives want to stop persistent wealth discrepancies between people of color and their white counterparts.