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Income Inequality

Cecilia Zalkind (left) and former New Jersey Chief Justice Deborah Poritz call for changes in the state's educational funding practice. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Education

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

 Philadelphia City Controller Alan Butkovitz (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

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

Red pencil and calculator
National Interest
Politics & Policy

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

Court gavel, brown wood against a dark background
Courts & Law

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

Robert McNamara, right, defense secretary under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, is shown in 2001 at a forum at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Speak Easy
Community

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.

8 years ago

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Courts & Law

Delaware report shows limited legal help for low income residents

A Delaware report shows low income residents have limited access to legal representation in civil cases in the state. On Monday, t ...

8 years ago

Listen
 Erie public school advocates rally in the state capitol in 2016 when Jay Badams (center) was superintendent. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Fair funding advocates decry Pa. leaders for playing politics with specialty school money

For years in Pennsylvania, school funding coming from state government was criticized as being irrational, unpredictable, and too-tied to ...

8 years ago

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Money

Another month, another rise in Delaware’s unemployment rate

Delaware’s unemployment rate stands at 4.9 percent for August, that’s half a percent higher than the same time last year. ...

8 years ago

In this 2017 photo, protesters in Harrisburg call on lawmakers to support redistricting reform. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Courts & Law

Ralliers try to convince Pa. lawmakers to act on gerrymandering

Advocates for overhauling the redistricting process packed the Capitol rotunda in Harrisburg Tuesday hoping to persuade lawmakers to take ...

8 years ago

Mayor Kenney observes children at a learning center at Mander Recreation Center
Community

New effort aims to bring cultural arts learning to eight low-income Philly neighborhoods

For years, arts and culture groups in Philadelphia have tried to make it easier for kids in poor neighborhoods to come and visit. ...

8 years ago

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Parents at Kenderton Elementary in North Philadelphia regularly meet there to discuss their frustrations and hopes for the school. (Jessica Kourkounis/for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Part Five: As its neediest schools struggle, what can Pa. learn from Ontario’s success?

Part Five of our Ontario series

8 years ago

Keystone Crossroads
Education

Part One: How Ontario’s vision of equity for schools contrasts starkly with Pennsylvania’s

Part One of our Ontario series

8 years ago

Keystone Crossroads
Education

Part Three: How one Berlin school integrated by segregating

Part Three of our Berlin series

8 years ago

Keystone Crossroads
Education

Part Two: The rise and fall of Berlin’s plan to integrate schools

Part Two of our Berlin series

8 years ago

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Courts & Law

Delaware prison workers get new bargaining rights

Other staff members working inside Delaware’s prisons will now have similar bargaining rights as correctional officers, who already ...

8 years ago

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