Poverty

Mary Dozier Delaware

To help parents facing adversity nurture their children, a Delaware prof created a program now used by 10 countries

Philly homeless advocates fear Supreme Court's ruling encourages 'criminalizing poverty'

With grocery prices soaring, this Kensington nonprofit is working to combat food insecurity in Philly

Greater Goods Grocery

Free SEPTA passes coming to 25,000 low-income Philly residents by the end of the year, city officials say

SEPTA Zero Fare Program

Philly giving low-income parents $500 monthly through guaranteed income program

Philly Guaranteed Income

PHA opens housing voucher waitlist after 12 years, but barriers to access remain

PHA Voucher Waitlist

Some of Penn's Wharton students think the average American earns more than $100,000, professor says

UPenn Tweet

Community fridges arise from pandemic to address hunger in Philly

Community Fridges

Philly poverty rate declined, household income rose before pandemic, census shows

Philly ACS 2019

Children's Health

Childhood trauma may lead to early puberty and changes in brain structure

Childhood abuse early aging

Coronavirus anxiety approaching clinical levels in 40% of respondents to Jefferson survey

Anxiety Jefferson Coronavirus

Volunteering in impoverished areas does not build caregiver empathy, Jefferson study finds

Past experience with poverty is not enough to build caregiver empathy

City Council releases plan to reduce poverty across Philly by 25%

Philadelphia poverty reduction plan

Family of four in Philly now needs $70K just to survive, study finds

Criminal Justice

Philly D.A. wipes out fines and fees for impoverished defendants

Larry Krasner Fines

More Pennsylvanians struggle with finances than just those below the poverty line, study shows

55 percent Philadelphians struggle financially

Many U.S. senior citizens struggle to afford food

senior citizen food insecurity

Drexel's pay-what-you-wish EAT Cafe closing

0410_EAT Cafe_Drexel University

Health Insurance

Medicaid work requirements: Is there a path forward that could help the poor, not harm them?

Center City District

Record number of housing units built in Center City last year — but not enough to offset old trends

Stock_Carroll - Pedestrians and vehicles in Center City

Pew: Philadelphia has highest rate of disability among large U.S. cities

Carroll - City Hall, Broad Street and the Philadelphia Skyline

Pew's annual 'State of the City' report finds economic growth, deeper poverty in Philadelphia

Stock_Carroll - Philadelphia Skyline at dusk

YouTuber lists 10 lame-*** 'reasons not to live in Philadelphia'

Philly top 10 sp

Philadelphia receives $33 million to fund homeless housing programs

Carroll - Homeless Person on Winter Street

Taxes and death ... of sane policy-making

More Philly families struggling to afford food despite hunger lessening nationwide

Stock_Carroll - Philadelphia Skyline from New Jersey

Report: Philadelphia is the largest distressed city in the U.S.

Stock_Carroll - Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philly Skyline

Pa. utility commissioner: Climate change may require subsidized cooling

Trump budget cuts would make our country weaker

Philly lands spot on U.S. News and World Report's '2017 Best Places to Live'

Map shows history, geography of Philadelphia's deepening poverty

How Philly could 'drastically' reduce poverty

GALLERY: Portraits from the Clintonville Shantytown in Philadelphia

Carroll - Clintonville Shantytown

How people are comparing Philly with Cleveland

The guy many wish would run for public office in Philadelphia

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The Philly mom who showed Paul Ryan what it's like to live in poverty

Red Nose Day aims to end childhood poverty

Einstein study shows how most-hospitalized patients often face threat of hunger

Report: Philly's population continues to inch upward

Philadelphia skyline

Philly gets $29 million to help homeless residents

Children with leukemia relapse sooner if they're from a poor neighborhood, study finds

Philly woman launches startup following traumatic Harvard experience

Due Quach

Fearless Leader: Charlie Crystle

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