From The Philadelphia Tribune: About 400,000 Philadelphia residents — including roughly 37 percent of the city’s children under the age of 18 — live below the federal poverty line. Blacks have the second highest poverty rate in the city at 30.8 percent, following Hispanics who come in at 37.9 percent. (Read more.)
• BREAKING POVERTY: For many, state of living is a struggle | From: The Philadelphia Tribune
• Wake Up With WURD – Oscar Abello | From: WURD Radio
• Why some workers think Walmart’s pay-in-advance app is a lousy deal | From: Philadelphia Media Network
• Wake Up With WURD – Taylor Allen | From: WURD Radio
Find your career: 12 more free or affordable job-training programs in Philly | From: Billy Penn
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From Philadelphia Media Network: Organizers say prospective employers will be “returning citizen friendly,” meaning those with criminal records won’t immediately be disqualified. Although there will be a heavy police presence, I’ve been assured that officers won’t be checking for outstanding warrants. (Read more.)
Taylor Allen joins Wake Up With WURD to talk about her recent WHYY article, The high cost of being broke: Diapers. (Read more.)
Resolve Philadelphia, the organization that brings you Broke in Philly, is proud to announce that we’ve received a grant from the CLEF Listening Fund to underwrite our subscription to Hearken. Hearken is a digital tool that allows news organizations to include the public as a story develops, from conception to publication, resulting in more inclusive, original reporting and helping newsrooms create new revenue streams. We are excited to roll this out among our media partners over the coming months and giving you even better coverage of our focal issues, so stay tuned! (Read more.)
From Billy Penn: Part II of list of programs that provide the tools, guidance and confidence needed to land solid work. (Read more.)
From Philadelphia Media Network: 200,000 Walmart workers are now using the retail giant’s app to get a portion of their paycheck in advance. But some fear hidden fees. (Read more.)
From WURD Radio: Joining Wake Up With WURD, is Oscar Abello, writer for Next City, who discusses the roll out of this new initiative and breaks down how redlining negatively targets people of color. (Read more.)
From The Philadelphia Tribune: A shortage of affordable housing. Gentrification. Homelessness. Drug addictions. Limited healthcare options. Mental health issues. For the quarter of Philadelphia’s population living in poverty, these are only a few of the struggles they endure every day. (Read more.)
¡Saludos! Una parte importante de nuestra colaboración Broke in Philly es la inclusión de los medios latinos: Telemundo, Philatinos Radio y el programa Para Ti Mujer. Ahora, puedes encontrar el contenido que ellos producen mas facilmente en nuestra página web, en la seccion: En Español, lo cual queda justo a la derecha de nuestro daily feature. Gracias a nuestra audiencia español parlante por estar con nosotr@s. Esperamos que disfruten los reportajes que producimos para Uds. Cualquier cosa, siempre nos pueden escribir en español a info@resolvephilly.org. (Read more.)
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