Can Free Cash Solve Philly’s Poverty Problem?

Last spring, after Congress passed the historic CARES Act, millions of Americans breathed a sigh of relief: With a $1,200 check from the federal government, they could (for now, at least) pay for rent, and medicine, and food to sustain them during the Covid quarantine. But for thousands of Philadelphians left out of the program … Continue reading Can Free Cash Solve Philly’s Poverty Problem?