The Pennsylvania Domestic Workers Alliance is calling for a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights to extend workers’ rights protections to the more than 16,000 house cleaners, nannies, and caretakers working in Philadelphia. | From: AL DÍA News (Read more.)
The Broke in Philly collaborative is preparing a survey for the mayoral contenders and the dozens of candidates for City Council. Which of the three education questions below do you think is the most important to include in the survey? | From: The Notebook (Read more.)
Instead of letting extra meals go to waste, a Temple student uses his leftover “swipes” to buy food to share with people throughout the city. | From: Green Philly
Philadelphia began its municipal identification program Thursday, allowing homeless people, those living in the country illegally and minors to obtain photo ID cards. | From: NBC10 (Read more.)
With a city election coming up in May, now is the time to make your voice heard. If you had five minutes with Mayor Jim Kenney or a City Council member, what would you ask them about job growth, or stagnation, in Philadelphia? | From: NBC10 (Read more.)
Soda tax, wage tax, property taxes — tell us which should go on the official Broke in Philly survey. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Administrators say they are witnessing an unprecedented number of people withdrawing from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children since the Trump administration proposed changes in immigration rules last fall. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Philadelphia, the poorest big city in the country, has joined yet another national political movement aimed at helping low-income residents – the third in under a year. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Over the last year, the alliance has begun making regular trips to the state Capitol. Preserving the commonwealth’s General Assistance program, which gives cash to people who don’t qualify for other social programs, was one of the most pressing items on the list. | From: WHYY
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As Philadelphia turns to more workplace laws to fight poverty, attention to enforcement has become increasingly important. And there are signs that the city’s enforcement office will improve, pushed in part by organizers and advocates working to ensure the laws they’ve won have teeth. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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