Income Inequality
Philly antipoverty office: Lack of clout, vision, and leadership
Philadelphia's poverty rate is the highest among the 10 largest U.S. cities.
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Guests: Beth Devine, Travis Dorsch, Tom Farrey Participation in youth sports is declining, particularly among low ...
Air Date: September 10, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:56Anand Giridharadas on predatory philanthropy
Guest: Anand Giridharadas Do-gooder billionaires–people like Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Michael Bloo ...
Air Date: September 6, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:58Hurricane season not only brings destruction and death but rising inequality too
Hurricane Lane, which is bearing down on Hawaii, is a reminder of the devastation hurricane season can bring.
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Trump administration moves to penalize immigrants for using government benefits
For months, the Trump administration has been taking steps to limit how much immigrants use welfare programs.
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Comcast’s $10 internet for low-income Americans is exploding in popularity
Nearly 200,000 Philadelphians take advantage of Internet Essentials, along with six million users nationwide.
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Listen 5:59The high cost of being broke: Dental care
Delayed dental care can lead to infection, costly surgery.
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Listen 2:36The high cost of being broke: Diapers
For single mom Sheri Milton, getting basic necessities for her three children, a four year-old son and one-year-old twin daughters, can b ...
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The high cost of being broke: Transportation
On the 11th floor of a Center City office building, Rian Franks and Jacqueline Chapman sit just a few feet away from each other. B ...
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Old homes, high poverty make Philadelphia housing less than affordable for some
Poor-quality houses and unusually high poverty tilt the equation so that demand far outstrips supply here, making affordable homes hard to obtain and difficult to manage.
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With policy change, nearly a third of Pennsylvanians live in ‘environmental justice’ areas
EJ areas are now defined as a census block group with a 30 percent or greater minority population or 20 percent or greater population at or below the poverty level.
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New Pennsylvania college savings plan targets newborns
The purpose of providing the starter deposit is to raise awareness about the children’s savings accounts, known as 529 accounts.
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While new technologies have allowed farms to produce more milk, fewer people are consuming it, causing milk prices to plummet and creating a surplus that often ends up wasted.
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Listen 5:06Philly-region activists heading to D.C. for mass rally against poverty
The event on the National Mall kicks off the next phase of the new Poor People’s Campaign to continue – and build upon – the original campaign started by MLK
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In 1968, poor Americans came to D.C. to protest, some by mule
The Mule Train left the Mississippi Delta, for Washington, D.C. It was part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s last major effort to mobilize impoverished Americans.
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