Report: Poverty soaring for Philadelphia International Airport workers
Though the Philadelphia International Airport is an economic engine, subcontracted employees are working in poverty, according to a new report.
Can Councilman Wilson Goode Jr. save Philadelphia airport workers?
Councilman Wilson Goode Jr. will propose extending living wage to employees of city subcontractors like those at the Philadelphia International Airport.
PHOTOS: Philly PrideDay celebrates silver anniversary
Annual LGBT festival and parade Philly PrideDay marked its 25th anniversary Sunday.
DHS raises pay rates to parents who foster older children
The Philadelphia Department of Human Services is trying to increase older youth foster placement by paying parents $300 more a month to house them.
Hard to count, the faces of Philly’s homeless youth are often hidden
Advocates say the number of homeless youth in Philadelphia has increased and service providers have no way of accurately assessing the scope of the problem.
Report: Youth homelessness in Philadelphia has doubled
The number of homeless youth in Philadelphia more than doubled between 2009 and 2011, according to a People’s Emergency Center study on youth homelessness.
Pa. legislature introduces statewide LGBT nondiscrimination bills
The nondiscrimination legislation would prohibit sexual orientation or gender identity-based bias in employment, housing, and credit in Pennsylvania.
Pa. legislators to announce ‘largest-ever’ support for equality laws
Companion equality bills in the state House and Senate would ban gender identity discrimination statewide.
Philly advocates to protest ‘anti-gay’ Catholic sports camp
A group claims a Lower Merion sports camp run by Catholic group Courage is actually an “anti-gay” conversion therapy course designed to “cure” sexuality.
Hip Hop Fundamentals: Breakdancers teach history to Philly students
Breakdance troupe Hip Hop Fundamentals is using music to teach civil rights history in light of the Philadelphia School District’s planned mass closings.