“State officials and several Cabinet secretaries today are rolling out the Wolf administration’s plan to fight hunger in Pennsylvania at a mid-state food bank….”
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Pittsburgh’s SPACE gallery hosts Spotify event to discuss correlation between art and economic inequality
“In Downtown’s SPACE gallery, infographic banners hang with titles like “Youth Unemployment versus Song Energy,” and printed song titles with the word “money” in them are scattered across the walls. […]
In wake of lawsuit, voter registrations up at Pennsylvania’s county assistance sites
“Since 2012, when a lawsuit was settled over voter registration issues, county assistance offices have submitted voter registration applications or change of address updates for more than 160,000 Pennsylvanians, according […]
USDA considering rules to require food stamp retailers to carry healthier options
“Federal officials are continuing to consider a proposal that would require stores that accept food stamp cards be required to stock far more healthy food choices for customers than they […]
Letter to the Editor: Attack inequality, not those who need assistance
“Regarding ‘Workers Struggle While Laziness Is Rewarded’ (Aug. 24): Letter writer Christopher Stewart is right to be outraged at people living high on the hog on the taxpayers’ dime without […]
Coffee shop, other new ventures to perk up Millvale
“A long-planned revitalization in Millvale is taking shape…. In 2013, Just Harvest, a South Side nonprofit that works to reduce poverty and hunger, identified Millvale as an area that lacks easy […]
Welfare to Work? How people are faring 20 years after welfare reform
“Twenty years ago today, President Bill Clinton signed welfare reform into law. The sweeping overhaul was meant to move people from welfare to work and to end what critics saw […]
Can McKees Rocks Share In Pittsburgh’s Success?
“McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania is just 15 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh. It has a rich history. The first American Eagle Outfitters opened there in 1912. A native American burial mound in […]
Food stamp time limit affects about 10,000 Pennsylvanians
“A three-month time limit on food stamps for unemployed or underemployed adults age 18 to 50 who aren’t disabled or raising minor children means about 10,000 Pennsylvanians lost food stamp […]
Pittsburgh advocacy groups to seek ballot initiative to fund affordable-housing trust fund
“Affordable-housing issues could be put to the Pittsburgh voters this fall. Labor-advocacy group Pittsburgh United is leading the charge to gather 15,000 signatures that would place a referendum to city […]
