More people have been murdered in Philadelphia since 9/11 than the total number of people who died on 9/11
By Joshua Albert On September 11th 2001 around 3000 people lost their lives in of the deadliest attacks the United…
Posts Tagged 'poverty'
Waiting to eat – Why I took the photo
At 17th & JFK, several hundred people of Philadelphia wait in line for a hot plate provided by Project…
Homelessness is on the rise in Kensington
By Alfred Lubrano (Inquirer) – Ilza Padua bathes her 500-pound ex-boyfriend in exchange for a shower, or a $10 bill…
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “The Case for Reparations” Echoes in a Pa. City
By Jake Blumgart (Next City) – In The Atlantic’s recent article, “The Case for Reparations,” Ta-Nehisi Coates takes readers to…
Photo Essay: Funeral for a Mantua Home
By Joshua Albert On Saturday, members of the Mantua community in Philadelphia gathered to pay respects for a row home…
Study on homelessness proposed in Pa.
From Newsworks‘ Mary Wilson – Two state lawmakers are hoping to take a closer look at homelessness in Pennsylvania. The proposal calls for…
Poor People Deserve Digital Privacy, Too
By Seeta Gangadharan and Aleta Sprague at Slate – For centuries, political authorities have punished the poor for being poor….
Those who died homeless on Philly’s streets memorialized with calls for action
By Newsworks’ Holly Otterbein – More than 100 advocates for the homeless gathered in Philadelphia Thursday evening to memorialize people who died…
New census data: Poverty up in Lower Northeast, down in S. Philly
By The Inquirer’s Alfred Lubrano and John Duchneskie – Poverty has increased a startling 62 percent in the communities of Lower…
Rutgers Professor Calls Rolling Stone Camden Article “Poverty Porn”
From Philadelphia Magazine‘s Victor Fiorello – The Rolling Stone article could have been different. It could have been a story about how, as a former…
