Sometimes, a slight increase in someone’s income causes them to lose public benefits so abruptly that they end up worse off. This is called the benefits cliff.
The mayor has promised to build 13,500 new units. With construction costs rising, the city hopes the emerging tech can help it reach this goal.
Lois Fernandez transformed a single idea into one of the largest African American cultural celebrations in the country.
A pastor-turned-pitmaster launched a restaurant to employ the people Philadelphia’s economy leaves behind. Now he’s expanding.
Stephanie Cole is remaining “casually optimistic” about tourism from this year’s major events coming to Young American Hard Cider on Germantown Ave.
Machine inspectors, e-pollbooks and scanners form a quiet civic stack built around troubleshooting, training and access.
Los inspectores de máquinas, los registros electrónicos de votantes y los escáneres conforman una discreta infraestructura cívica fundamentada en la resolución de problemas, la capacitación y la accesibilidad.
This month’s “Philly Unpacked” previewed the May 19 primary election.
Most traditional senior housing support efforts aren’t designed around the needs of one particularly at-risk community: LGBTQ+ older adults.
Lawmakers are renewing a push to end the practice of Pennsylvania counties diverting Social Security benefits owed to children in foster care into their own budgets, after new federal directives called on states to take action.