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A hellish year without health insurance–April 13, 2018

A hellish year without health insurance The stress was at times unbearable for Delaware County mother Sanjae Houston. She works part-time while her husband is self-employed in sales but for a little over a year they couldn’t afford health insurance. Sanjae sighs...

“Public Charge” inflicts private pain on kids – April 6, 2018

  “Public Charge” inflicts private pain on kids In case anyone still believes there is a gray area around the motives behind the Trump administration’s anti-immigration stance, things just got black and white. The Department of Homeland Security has...

Dispute. Dysfunction. Dereliction. And yet… – March 30, 2018

Dispute. Dysfunction. Dereliction. And yet… Facing yet another threat of a government shutdown, with the nation’s capital firmly in the grip of perpetual crisis, few expected last Wednesday’s omnibus spending bill that contained a groundbreaking increase in...

It’s Important…and it’s the Law–March 23, 2018

      It’s Important…and it’s the Law In 2011, Philadelphia City Council passed an ordinance regarding lead paint disclosure and certification of properties built before 1978 (the last year before lead paint was banned) to be rented to...