Broke In Philly

People who have difficulty accessing a coronavirus vaccination site will soon be able to get a free ride to get inoculated, thanks to a partnership between Philadelphia’s Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium and Uber.

In the midst of the worst gun violence in more than 50 years, Mayor Jim Kenney said “solutions must expand to match the scale of the problem” in his annual budget address. However, funding remains low among new proposed city spending.

Nerd Street Gamers hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking at its North Philadelphia gaming center Wednesday, bringing it one step closer to opening a location that it hopes will help even the playing field in the world of esports.

The rising number of killings in Philadelphia has understandably garnered widespread media attention in recent months, but as homicides have risen, so too have nonfatal shootings.

After a 15-year-old boy died caught in the crossfire Tuesday in North Philadelphia, community members are worried about the rising number of killings involving kids in the city.

The School District of Philadelphia will provide in-person and digital classes, as well as extracurricular programming, for all of its students this summer.

SEPTA is essential for many workers and residents. But low ridership in the pandemic — and riders’ concerns over cleanliness and safety — have the transit agency challenged like never before, an NBC10 survey shows.

Under the city’s Phase 1C coronavirus vaccine rollout, four new groups of people are now eligible for the coronavirus vaccine now in addition to those in Phases 1a and 1b.

Now that Philadelphia and its surrounding states have expanded coronavirus vaccine distribution, how can we ensure that this life-preserving treatment gets to everyone — especially communities that have been underserved with health care? At noon on Friday, we answered your questions about vaccine equity in a special Facebook Live event. Rewat...

A Philadelphia SEPTA station closed last month because of piles of trash and pervasive drug use will reopen next week, with police officers patrolling the area.

Philadelphia workers on Wednesday cleaned up a homeless encampment at an underground PATCO station, but advocates argue it was a short-term solution that doesn’t solve the problem of a lack of affordable housing.

Pennsylvania Rep. Amen Brown, of West Philadelphia, said the yearlong moratorium on sheriff’s auctions of city properties should be extended to continue “helping people and not kicking them when they’re down” amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

NBC10 is one of dozens of news organizations producing BROKE in Philly, a collaborative reporting project on solutions to poverty and the city’s push toward economic justice. Follow us at @BrokeInPhilly. The additions to the group include people with intellectual disabilities, people who are taking medications that suppress their immune system for ...