Income Inequality

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.

A phased increase to the state's hourly wage would fulfill one of Murphy's major campaign promises.

The legislation would increase the minimum wage for city workers and employees of city contractors and subcontractors over the next four years, hitting $15 an hour in 2022.

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The Water Department also found notable disparities in race and education level.