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Income Inequality

Drexel University researcher Felice Le-Scherban looked at the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACES), which are being found in the children of those who suffered traumatic events during childhood.
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Parents’ scars from childhood trauma can affect their kids’ health, researchers find

The research showed that with each additional ACE that a parent experienced, a child had 17 percent higher odds of having been diagnosed with asthma.

7 years ago

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Over 300 graduating students from 19 Philadelphia-area colleges and universities are shown throwing their mortarboards in the air on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in a 2012 ceremony. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, file)
Education

Federal Reserve study: ‘Last dollar’ program helps boost low-income college enrollment

The program increased enrollment and reduced student financial stress.

7 years ago

Delaware is among 10 states that deny taxpayer-funded scholarships to more than half of eligible students. (Bigstockphoto.com)
Education

Delaware college aid fund for needy leaves out many eligible kids

The First State is among 10 states that deny the taxpayer-funded scholarships to more than half of eligible students.

7 years ago

A woman organizes her pocketbook after paying for groceries with an EBT card (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Work requirement for SNAP food benefits divides GOP, unites Dems in Philly region

The proposed changes apply to a program intended to provide food to low-income families.

7 years ago

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Tyquan McCray, 23, currently does deliveries for UberEats as he searches for a job that he feels is right for him. (Darryl Murphy for WHYY)
Money

‘I just give up’: As U.S. unemployment falls, life still hard for Philadelphians out of work

In Philadelphia, the unemployment rate has been declining, but it remains higher than the national rate of 5.3 percent.

7 years ago

Nine days after the Hurricane Maria struck, Emilú De León and other volunteers opened a kitchen to serve meals to the people of Caguas. The first day, they fed 600, De León sa
NPR
Community

Puerto Rico’s push for food independence intertwined with statehood debate

Hurricane Maria has reignited a small movement in Puerto Rico aimed at strengthening the local food system so the island can survive and thrive

7 years ago

The findings discussed in Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children have been cited more than 8,000 times, according to Google Scholar. (Chelsea Beck/NPR)
NPR
Education

Let’s stop talking about the ’30 million word gap’

NPR talked to eight researchers to explore this controversy. All of them say they share the goal of helping poor kids achieve their highest potential in school.

7 years ago

Salima Ellis in the kitchen of her Mt Airy home.
PlanPhilly
Community

Past due: Plan to stop water shut-offs sputters as rate hike looms

Salima Ellis tries hard to pay her water bill in full every month, but often it's difficult to find the $80 or so she needs to keep the H20 flowing and her account up to date.

7 years ago

People wait in line to enter the U.S. Supreme Court last month. The court sided with businesses not allowing class-action lawsuits for federal labor violations.
NPR
Courts & Law

Supreme Court decision delivers blow to workers’ rights

The Supreme Court delivered a major blow to workers, ruling for the first time that workers may not band together to challenge violations of federal labor laws.

7 years ago

Luis Angel Chaparro Crespo, 16, watches the trains go by from the window of his apartment on the sixth floor of the Harrison Homes in North Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Community

For Maria evacuees, a stable address is the first step out of crisis

The Chaparros are one of 50 Puerto Rican evacuee families in Philadelphia finally able to settle into a long-term home, thanks to the work of local organizers.

7 years ago

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Dave Perri is appointed Commissioner of Licenses and Inspections of the City of Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Dave Perri’s controversial solution to Philly’s housing crisis

Licenses and Inspections Commissioner Dave Perri wants to radically rewrite Philadelphia’s zoning code to make room for smaller, more inexpensive housing units.

7 years ago

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A parked limousine burns as riot police clear the street during a demonstration after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, in downtown Washington. Protesters registered their rage against the new president Friday in a chaotic confrontation with police who used pepper spray and stun grenades in a melee just blocks from Donald Trump's inaugural parade route. Scores were arrested for trashing property and attacking officers.  (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

As America punishes its people, is U.S. democracy on its deathbed?

Democracy is eroding as people lose faith in an open society and a country that doesn't work for them, and a government that doesn't meet their needs or serve their interests.

7 years ago

The 3200 block of Clifford Street in Strawberry Mansion. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Should City Council control Philly property values? New bill says yes.

A battle is raging in City Hall over the latest round of property reassessments and now, a faction of Council members have introduced a new weapon in the fight: their votes

7 years ago

Myia Hurst in her Roxborough home. (Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Housing Authority)
PlanPhilly
Community

Want to move to a better neighborhood? In Philly, help is on the way.

As of this month, families will be able to be able to use vouchers that can be stretched to cover higher rent in select deemed higher opportunity zones by the PHA.

7 years ago

Philadelphia skyline
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly Fed: Homeowners in gentrifying neighborhoods suffer tax delinquency but not displacement

Through the study, the two researchers sought to untangle the impacts of wealthier people moving into less affluent neighborhoods.

7 years ago

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