
Income Inequality
Delaware coalition announces funding plan for low-income kids
Delaware has found itself with over $50 million in unanticipated one-time tax revenue dollars and one group is trying to persuade the state to place these funds into a trust.
8 years ago
Listen 2:19Why are Republicans so insistent on this legislation? Because the second part of their strategy is to reverse long-established policies that benefit the poor and middle-class.
8 years ago
Tax bill should unite American middle class across racial lines
The top 1 percent of Americans use racial and ethnic strife to distract us from the one commonality that should unite us — class.
8 years ago
Listen 3:15The poverty penalty: Should states suspend driver’s licenses for court scofflaws?
When it comes to court debt, most states — including Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey — will suspend your driver’s license un ...
8 years ago
Hunger widespread across U.S., particularly in Philly
Between 2014 and 2016, one in five Philadelphians were food insecure. That's about 300,000 people.
8 years ago
First female DuPont CEO gets real on gender inequality
Ellen Kullman discussed the pay gap, equal opportunities and sexual harassment in Wilmington.
8 years ago
Black Lives Matter activists crash another City Hall event, slamming ‘poverty simulation’
Councilman Curtis Jones and several of his colleagues were taking part in the exercise demonstrating the many hurdles confronting the city's most needy.
8 years ago
Camden on the rise? New data show poverty is falling
Ken Hammon’s driveway says it all. About halfway down Tuckahoe Road in South Camden, sits the black Mustang the 31-year-old boug ...
8 years ago
Listen 4:21How black Americans see discrimination
We asked black Americans whether they believe discrimination against black Americans exists in the U.S. today.
8 years ago
Philly activists raising money to bail poor defendants out of jail
A coalition of Philadelphia activists who want to end the city's longstanding cash bail system aren't waiting for the system to change.
8 years ago
Sharper focus on education, more equitable funding sought in N.J.
New Jersey must quickly provide a high-quality public education for all children, warned a nonprofit foundation that works to improve the state's public policy decisions.
8 years ago
City controller pushes Philly to end cash bail for nonviolent defendants
City Controller Alan Butkovitz says eliminating cash bail could save Phillly millions — and help poor suspects who could lose their jobs while in jail and awaiting trial.
8 years ago
Republicans rekindle their love of budget deficits
Remember when Republicans hated budget deficits? When they railed nonstop against red ink and pined for fiscal conservatism? That was just their mantra during the Obama years.
8 years ago
Philly defense attorneys’ group: Oversight tightened in wake of whistleblower lawsuit
After learning one of their attorneys was working with a suspended license, the Defender Association of Philadelphia has tightened the rules.
8 years ago
Who fights our wars? Other people’s children
A volunteer-only army outsources foreign wars to the poor and working class — one of the worst legacies of Vietnam, which was also fought mostly by less-privileged Americans.
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