Income Inequality

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The Trump administration is considering a plan that would allow states to require certain food stamp recipients to undergo drug testing.

Philadelphia City Council is expected to announce on Wednesday an ambitious package of affordable housing bills — including a new tax on construction.

A national survey of college students found 36 percent struggle to find enough to eat or have a safe place to live.

On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., economists, psychologists and sociologists discussed racial and economic disparity in the United St

Fifty years dead, Martin Luther King reminds us that we can still see the stars.

State Sen. Vincent Hughes intends to introduce his Pennsylvania Promise legislation on April 16.

Banks argue that the data used in a recent report that found racial disparities in Philadelphia mortgage lending doesn’t represent the full scope of their lending activities.

A lawsuit by the ACLU of Delaware charges that that the state’s school funding system deprives poor, disabled and non-English speaking students of an adequate education.

The study looked at racial disparities in income over generations by looking at de-identified data from 20 million U.S. children and their parents.

The Oscars made me realize that no film is more compelling than the drama playing out in the city I’ve long called home.

Civil disobedience is our obligation, not our right. If we do not stand up, ignorance wins. As long as we feel inequality, we cannot say that we live in a post-racial society.

Trump's proposed FY2019 budget poses a massive threat to Philly's progress stabilizing neighborhoods, preventing foreclosures and fighting homelessness, city officials say.

It is time to stop sentencing thousands of Philadelphia’s children to a lifetime of poverty and despair, thanks to public schools that offer them virtually no chance at a succ

The administration has compared the idea, dubbed 'America’s Harvest Box,' to the fresh food service Blue Apron — but critics say the proposed food is far from fresh.