While no official announcements regarding plans to conduct a longitudinal study of poverty in Philadelphia have been made yet, beginning to hypothesize or imagine how such a study would work in the city may be a worthwhile exercise.

This week in Social Impact Across the U.S.: New York City is experimenting with a form of grassroots democracy known as participatory budgeting, in which citizens outline how they would like a set amount of their tax dollars to be spent, Philly Voice reports. City Council members are allowing voters in their districts to choose […]

This week in Social Impact Across the U.S.: Housing First is a strategy/philosophy for addressing homelessness that believes placing people in housing immediately, no strings attached, is the best way to help the individual and to tackle homelessness overall. Mother Jones reports on a Housing First success story in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mayor Bill […]

On Sunday, September 21, thousands are set to march through midtown Manhattan to bring attention to climate change. The People’s Climate March has drawn thousands of people through a robust network of over 1,000 partner organizations from across the country and the march is being billed as the largest climate protest ever. Just a couple […]