From The Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Philadelphia legislators have introduced bills in the state Senate and House of Representatives that would give low-income and middle-class students full tuition scholarships to community colleges and state-related universities. (Read more.)
From Billy Penn: To accommodate social service agencies, SEPTA allowed them to continue to buy tokens in bulk. (Read more.)
From Philadelphia Media Network: According to the Federal Reserve’s 2017 Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households report, four in 10 Americans could not come up with $400 in case of an emergency. (Read more.)
From NBC10/Telemundo62: A new report is showing the squeeze on Philadelphia’s wallets — and so more people are working two jobs. Chris Clackum reports. (Read more.)
From Next City: Where anti-gentrification activists in Point Breeze have gone so far as to torch new homes under construction, and North-Central Philadelphia residents protest Temple University’s drive to turn their neighborhood into an extension of its campus, Germantowners rely mainly on the neighborhood’s homegrown resources to create what may well become one of the first income-diverse gentrified neighborhoods. (Read more.)
From the Philadelphia Media Network: Throughout the region, low wages make life tough. Low wages with rising prices make life painful. (Read more.)
From Generocity: Like extreme weather during the winter, heat endangers people experiencing homelessness who lack consistent access to water, shade and shelter. (Read more.)
© Resolve Philadelphia
