BY: The Notebook The Rev. Phyllis Harris of Mount Pisgah A.M.E. Church in Philadelphia volunteers in a kindergarten class at Alain Locke Elementary School every…
POWERJune 26, 2019
BY: Erin McCarthy David Lipscomb, who said he’d been handcuffed during a traffic stop in South Philadelphia, called for an end to stop-and-frisk. Teresa Herrera, who…
POWERMay 15, 2019
BY: Michael D’Onofrio Gov. Tom Wolf took his campaign to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour to Northern Philadelphia on Friday. Fresh off…
POWERFebruary 11, 2019
BY: Juliana Feliciano Reyes Terrence Wiggins is trying to support his family, but it’s been difficult. The 24-year-old graduate of Olney High School left his job…
POWERJanuary 11, 2019
BY: Antoinette Lee PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The fight over Temple University's proposed plan to build a $130 million football stadium in North Philadelphia continues. Temple’s current…
POWEROctober 30, 2018
BY: J.D. Prose A new statewide poll of urban and rural Pennsylvania voters released last week shows they share similar opinions on corporate influence, school…
POWEROctober 30, 2018
BY: Juliana Feliciano Reyes Out of the roughly $30,000 that Amos Troyah made last year as a dishwasher at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, $2,000 went toward…
POWEROctober 17, 2018
The Community Reinvestment Act has enabled capital to flow into minority communities throughout the country that previously were denied access to loans. Now the Trump…
POWEROctober 11, 2018
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced legislation on Wednesday to incrementally raise the minimum wage for city employees and contract workers to $15 by July 1,…
POWERSeptember 28, 2018