Families nationwide begin receiving child tax credit payments from the federal government last week, but some worry the poorest Americans may never see a dollar. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
CCP’s move is part of a larger effort by colleges nationally to assist students whose education may have been disrupted or negatively affected by the pandemic. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
How to get free supplies from the city, mobilize neighbors, and plan a successful block cleanup. | From The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Air purifiers using technology developed by NASA will be in every Philadelphia public school classroom when students return in August, officials said Thursday, addressing a key teachers’ union concern.
Educators ridiculed and protested a plan rolled out in February to install fans in under-ventilated rooms as a way to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. | From Metro Philadelphia (Read more.)
A new digital platform has been launched in Philly to bring together those offering jobs and those seeking them. PropelPHL is being billed as a first-of-its-kind site that joins together job-seekers, business owners, and workforce training programs. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
After several years of seeing Philadelphia fail to meaningfully diversify the city’s booming construction and building trades, Black workers want change. More than 50 construction labor unions call the greater Philadelphia region home but only one, the Laborers District Council Local 332, has a predominantly Black membership. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Generocity contributor Marilyn Kai Jewett, herself North Philly born and raised, speaks to community members about their ongoing work to make sure the neighborhood isn’t “rewritten.” | From Genorocity (Read more.)
If you noticed a haze hanging over Philadelphia lately, there’s a reason — smoke from wildfires out West and in Canada has traveled across the country and settled over the Eastern Seaboard, resulting in air quality warnings on Tuesday that started in code orange — meaning the pollution may be unhealthy for sensitive groups — and ended up in code red — unhealthy for everyone. | From WHYY (Read more.)
“That said, a disaster or emergency declaration would have no discernible impact on strengthening what is already a highly collaborative and innovative approach to addressing this public health crisis.” | From NBC10 (Read more.)
Lyft recently announced a revamped return of carpooling options, which had been put on pause since the start of the pandemic. It will debut in Philly today, July 19. | From AL DÍA (Read more.)
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