After taking a break from activism to focus on her grandchildren, Catalina Hunter is back and more committed than ever to holding pollution-producing businesses to account and making Hunting Park a better place to live. | From: Green Philly (Read more.)
Since 2011, Chester County officials and community organizations have been pouring time and money into reaching what is a lofty goal even for one of Pennsylvania’s wealthiest counties: ending chronic homelessness within 10 years. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Philadelphia renters dealing with major issues forced to lie down and take it — or risk eviction. | From: Philadelphia Weekly (Read more.)
Just north of Fishtown and Northern Liberties is Norris Square, a proud Puerto Rican community facing an uncertain future as gentrification takes hold. (Read more.)
Dos Puntos’ Emma Restrepo and AL DÍA News Media’s Edwin López Moya interviewed Philadelphia high school students and recent high school graduates about what poverty means to them. (Read more.)
Nothing happened after Mayor Kenney gave Philadelphia universities and hospitals a deadline to follow a law enforcing a $15 an hour wage for security guards. Now, the city is making sure it has the authority to pull a water bill discount for nonprofits if they don’t comply. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Alicia Lozano hosted a discussion about how poverty impacts youth with guests Donna Cooper, executive director of Public Citizens for Children and Youth, Dos Puntos host Emma Restrepo, business entrepreneur Jonathon Williams, and high school student Ethan Rodriguez . | From: NBC 10 (Read more.)
Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a bill that will provide free legal representation to low-income tenants facing eviction. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Methodist Services offers 10 transitional housing units for LGBTQ young people ages 18-21 in its Quads on Lancaster supportive housing program with a familial approach. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
Food insecurity — not having enough food to eat — causes drastic and unhealthy coping solutions for many high school athletes in and around Philly, yet students have overcome its consequences. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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