Income Inequality

Latinos make up nearly 15% of Philly's population and form its poorest minority group — 38 percent live in poverty, according to census data.

New Jersey lawmakers have reached a deal to raise the current rate from $8.85 to $10 by July 1, then increasing it by $1 a year until reaching $15 in 2024.

General assistance was reinstated last summer after a six-year hiatus. New legislation threatens to gut the program, which offers about $200 per month to qualified residents.

In December, Minneapolis City Council voted for the ban to confront a growing affordability crisis and longstanding patterns of racial segregation.

Career Wardrobe helps job seekers afford professional clothing for interviews or work. The group is asking that you donate that unwanted clothing gifts.

GoFundMe, the largest online, crowdsourced fundraising platform, says contributors have raised more than $5 billion from 50 million donations in its eight years.

USDA could make it harder for Pa. SNAP recipients to keep year-round benefits

Pennsylvanians are lagging behind the rest of the country when it comes to income growth, according to one metric from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has signed a bill that will give people at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder more predictable hours and another raising city worker pay.

Philly is one of the poorest cities in the country, but it’s street homeless population is one of the smallest. What’s driving this counterintuitive dynamic?

Philadelphia City Council held a hearing Wednesday on how environmental issues can disproportionately impact minority communities in at-risk neighborhoods in the city.

Wells Fargo charges students the most in fees on average to have a bank account, according to a government report.

Selling homes seized by law enforcement was supposed to improve communities. But a new WHYY investigation found it's added to blight in some of Philly's poorest neighborhoods.

As a dark-skinned black woman born into poverty, I know all too well the insidious ways that discrimination plays out in life.

People who experience discrimination firsthand struggle with hunger twice as often as others.