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Broke in Philly: Five Years of Collaborative Journalism
Experience the impactful story of the collaborative effort of 29 newsrooms as they illuminate the pressing issues of poverty and economic mobility in Philadelphia.
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This week at Broke in Philly: Closing in on 5 years, has Mantua’s Promise Zone designation laid a foundation for poverty reversal?
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This Week at Broke in Philly: Soft skills, tech jobs – What Philly can learn from Albuquerque’s anti-poverty push
How Albuquerque is addressing poverty, North Philly Hackathons, and ‘fair workweek’ scheduling is coming to Philly. (Read more.)
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This Week at Broke in Philly: Announcing #QuestHacks: North Philly Community Digital Solutions Day
This week: How the length of wait times for city social services impacts people in need, a hackathon in North Philly, and the stagnant Philly economy.
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This Week at Broke in Philly: Seattle is the leader in worker protection laws. What can Philly learn as it considers a ‘fair workweek’?
This week: What Philly can learn from Seattle’s fair workweek laws. What’s keeping people from voting. Lack of housing assistance for the low income. (Read more.)
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This Week at Broke in Philly: Picture This Voting
“If I can make this happen, I’m sure you can, too,” said Akeem Dixon, community connector and host of Broke in Philly’s new series: Picture This. Dixon practiced voting and spoke with a Philadelphia committee person, a candidate for state rep., and a newly registered voter at a block party this past weekend. (Read more.)
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Broke in Philly: Officials grapple with what works and what doesn’t
This week: Where kids live determines whether they realize American Dream. Worker Co-ops Catch on in Philadelphia. The Politics of Poverty. (Read more.)
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This Week at Broke in Philly: 09.14.18
• BREAKING POVERTY: Bad breaks early in life often weave an inescapable web for the poor | From: The Philadelphia Tribune
• Education is the answer to many of life’s challenges | From: The Philadelphia Tribune
• Quality education can reduce poverty | From: The Philadelphia Tribune
• Sheriffs target ‘deadbeat dads’ with midnight raids, debtor’s prison. But does it help the kids? | From: Philadelphia Media Network
• Democratizing Food | From: The Philadelphia Citizen
• Around the country, incomes are rising. In Philly, they’re falling | From: Philadelphia Media Network
• Philly antipoverty office: Lack of clout, vision, and leadership | From: Philadelphia Media Network
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This Week at Broke in Philly: 09.07.18
• 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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This Week at Broke in Philly: 08.31.18
• How reverse mortgages can hurt, rather than help, aging Philly homeowners | From: Philadelphia Media Network
• 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
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• Family gets ‘stability, security, a place to call home,’ thanks to Conshohocken developer’s new charity | From: Philadelphia Media Network
• HBCU’s as engines of economic mobility | From: FunTimes
• What happens when you reinstate an anti-poverty program and no one knows about it? | From: Philadelphia Media Network
• The Lenfest Institute: Community Listening and Engagement Fund announces 18 new grants
• #BrokeinPhilly: The high cost of being broke
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