The University City Townhomes debacle is a microcosm of much of what ails Philadelphia — ours is a city where we compartmentalize crises while pretending there’s no connection between them. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
“The vast majority of people who need abortion funding in Philadelphia are Black, brown, and indigenous,” according to Elicia Gonzales, executive director of the Abortion Liberation Fund of Pennsylvania, a Center City organization that uses donations to help fund abortions. “They have to pay for the abortion, as well as child care, and the lost wages of two missed days of work.” Half of U.S. abortion patients have family incomes below the poverty level, according to the American Journal of Public Health. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Advocates are angered over the loss, but many Americans weren’t in favor of it. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
A 1997 sale of tax liens by the city delivered a short-term cash infusion, but continues to create uncertainty in neighborhoods where long-vacant land had been targeted for gardens or development. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Learn how Nicole decided to “be a lighthouse” and help other survivors of poverty to change the tides. (Read more.)
Learn how Devon works towards changing the discourse around poverty. (Read more.)
Administration after administration, their plans have solved nothing. This is what having a front-row seat to decades of political futility looks like. | From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)
A third of Americans have medical bills they cannot pay. A New York nonprofit has helped eliminate $2 billion of that debt for the poorest of them | From: The Citizen (Read more.)
As summer nears and the risk of contracting COVID-19 remains in Philadelphia, the city has not yet determined if it will open cooling centers in case of a heat health emergency, a decision that could affect the most vulnerable populations. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
The “New Normal Budget Act” would amend existing budget bills to shift $25 million towards job training, rental subsidies, food access, home repair and other programs that address poverty. It also includes police reform language billed as “a first step” in addressing “civil unrest roiling the city.” | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
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