Looking for another way to help out? Here's one local grassroots approach: www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

And more useful info: www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

Some useful info: SNAP benefits are freezing this Saturday. Here’s what Philadelphians need to know.https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/snap-food-assistance-benefits-questions-20251030.html

In August, @lizzymcrav.bsky.social reported similar findings among Philadelphia employers www.inquirer.com/business/hyb...

The leaders of three of Pennsylvania’s largest employers — the University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Comcast — on proposed SEPTA cuts

Check out my profile of the Philadelphia Housing Authority, which is launching its most ambitious redevelopment and expansion plan since the 1960s at an extremely disadvantageous time www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...

The planned cuts to SEPTA service would upend the lives of people who work in Philadelphia, and "crush" local businesses that have struggled to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. By @jblumgart.bsky.social, Erin McCarthy and Ariana Perez-Castells

What it's like to work for the National Park Service in Philadelphia right now

Intersex advocates say the idea of just two sexes doesn’t track with what we know about human biology — or about them. www.inquirer.com/life/interse...

Childcare for two kids costs more than housing in Philadelphia and 13 other major metros in the U.S. And in Philly, both essentials are getting more expensive. www.inquirer.com/consumer/chi...

"I'm talking to my fellow Main Liners when I say it is time for you to get involved. This is not an issue to be solved by just putting out yard signs... It requires us to be so loud that they can hear us all the way to Harrisburg.” — Olivia Loudon

Here's what to do if you have a prescription at a Rite Aid www.inquirer.com/business/rit...

Big news about Rite Aid www.inquirer.com/business/rit...

Wondering how much Jersey Shore towns spend to market themselves as the go-to vacation place? www.inquirer.com/business/jer...

Some big Philly law firms are pulling DEI language from their websites www.inquirer.com/business/law...

The full story behind all of the corruption involved with the recent renovation of Amtrak's 30th Street Station in Philadelphia is well worth the read: www.inquirer.com/crime/amtrak...

Moody's chief economist Mark Zandi writes: "The global trade war has already seriously damaged our safe-haven status and will be costly to our economy." Time to salvage it is running out. www.inquirer.com/economy/trum...

Thousands of federal workers have been laid off this year, and more are planned to be fired. Here's what it's like for those who remain.

Not shopping this year? You're not alone.

Nobody likes us. Not even the rats. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipSL...

Panic buying your must-have imports? @beaforman.bsky.social wrote about it. But this quote at the end of her piece also struck me... “I’m in a holding pattern. I’m basically just buying food ... If other consumers are like me, the economy is going to tank.”

I talked with a bunch of real estate industry leaders about how Trump's tariffs, and the erratic nature of his second term in office, are effecting an industry that was already facing immense challenges: share.inquirer.com/fUT70l

The fear among academics and lawyers now talking on the record on just about any topic that involves the federal government or the White House is really extraordinary and worrisome, and getting worse, it seems to me, every week. Dissent by an establishment figures becoming verboten in the US

While the number of remote workers has been shrinking locally and nationally, telework opportunities still exist. In Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and especially Delaware, conditions are favorable for those who work from home.