This uber plan will give kids a lyft With ride-sharing services racking up a million trips over the past three months in Pennsylvania, the new industry is poised to capture a more permanent and stable status. Fortunately, a new taxation plan could see Philly kids get...
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Children Still in Recession in Bucks County Despite Recovery
Children Still in Recession in Delaware County Despite Recovery Rising child poverty and lower student achievement casts shadow over modest gains Philadelphia (Oct 17, 2016) – While recent headlines tout a national recovery from the Great Recession, more children in...
Children Still in Recession in Delaware County Despite Recovery
Children Still in Recession in Delaware County Despite Recovery Rising child poverty and lower student achievement casts shadow over modest gains Philadelphia (Oct 13, 2016) – While recent headlines tout a national recovery from the Great Recession, more children in...
Poor Kids in Delco Could Fill Seats in Wells Fargo–October 14, 2016
How are Children in Delco Left Out? The number of children in Delaware County living in poverty would fill up nearly every seat in the Wells Fargo Center for a hockey game. The number of children living in dire poverty (in homes with less than $10,000 in...
Recovery? More like a fumble…October 7, 2016
1,000's of kids left out of recovery in suburbs While recent headlines tout a national recovery from the Great Recession, more children in four suburban counties surrounding Philadelphia are worse off now than during the depths of the recession, according...
PCCY Comment: Reducing Exposure to Tobacco Marketing
Philadelphia Board of Health, October 12, 2016 Attn: Regulations City Hall, Room 156 Philadelphia, PA 19107 Dear Board Members, I am writing to express Public Citizens for Children and Youth’s resounding support for the board’s current proposal to modify tobacco...
What unites people of all faiths?–September 30, 2016
What unites people of all faiths? Hindu, Christian, Muslim, Jew, Mormon, Buddhist… Given the troubling political climate reported by the media, you may be a little leery of reading on. As a nation we are obsessed by the things that divide us and fear how our...
Gold in Rio, but we don’t value kids’ mettle–September 23, 2016
Gold in Rio, but we don't value kids' mettle Olympic and Paralympic fever may have subsided but two local sports heroes have their sights trained on an altogether different finish line: Olympian Bruce Baumgartner and Steelers legend Franco Harris. As a...
Philly’s Hottest Courtroom Dramas–September 16, 2016
"Education is not a right" “Does that mean the court has no standing to weigh in on issues of educational equality?” PA Supreme Court Justice David N. Wecht asked, responding to the assertion that fair education funding is none of his business. The rather terse...
Judge Rules State Failing Constitutional Duty–September 9, 2016
Judge rules state is failing its constitutional duty On Wednesday, a judge sharply rebuked the state government for "defaulting on its constitutional duty" to give kids an adequate education, ordering massive changes to how public education is delivered. The...