Between 2006 and 2016, Philly’s poverty rate moved a total of .6 percent, and in the wrong direction. While over that decade the rate ranged from a low of 23.8 percent and as high as 28.4 percent. […]
Most days, around 5 or 6 p.m., Candace Stanton, 36, maneuvers a black minivan into a parking spot across from the Dunkin’ Donuts on John F. Kennedy Boulevard, grabbing a snack from her bag as she waits to drive her crew to work. […]
Programs that lead future barbers, painters, coders, and laboratory technicians through pre-apprentice and […]
The rowhouse in Port Richmond looked promising, with three bedrooms, new floors, and a small white porch out front. After having moved three times in 15 months, Linda Watson hoped she’d found some stability there with her 21-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son. […]
After Leola Howell and her 4-year-old daughter became homeless last May, they stayed on Howell’s friends’ couches for eight months, fruitlessly looking for a subsidized accessible housing unit of their own. […]
For the past decade, Philadelphia has been unable to shake its notorious distinction as the poorest big city in the U.S. […]
Drexel program addresses trauma to help women in poverty save money – and one day create a bank
Philadelphia Youth Network is fighting poverty by connecting young people to jobs
Slideshow: Broke in Philly invites panel of experts to inform collaborative reporting project
How The Philadelphia Unemployment Project Helps Philly Get To Work
Dozens of journalists attended a panel discussion at the Philadelphia Media Network headquarters in Center City Friday morning, hosted by Broke in Philly to help inform our collaborative reporting project on solutions to poverty. Stay tuned for more reporting on this event from our partners. […]
Our partners at NBC10/Telemundo62 hosted a bilingual panel discussion on Facebook Live to kick off Broke in Philly Thursday afternoon. From left: Emma Restrepo from ParaTiMujer Radio, Edgar Ramirez from Philatinos Radio, host Alicia Lozano from NBC10 Philadelphia and Mónica Zorrilla from Billy Penn. […]
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