This Essay explains the constitutional challenge to the City wage tax, argues that the tax is unconstitutional, describes steps the City could take to save that tax, and raises the question of whether Philadelphia should save or eliminate its wage tax.Knoll, Michael S...
The gender wage gap is the difference in pay between men and women for the same job. Currently, women make about 80 cents for every dollar a man brings in — that’s a gender wage gap of 20 percent.
Whole Foods argued that its average starting pay in Philadelphia was higher than the city’s average retail wage, but Monday’s vote passed 130-100. Whole Foods couldn’t be reached for comment. Amazon has resisted other organization efforts by warehouse workers and delivery drivers, and union...
Vivian Hunt is a senior partner in the London office, and Bob Sternfels is the next global managing partner of McKinsey & Company. Haiyang Zhang is a consultant based in the Philadelphia office. This report was edited by Lisa Renaud, executive editor with the McKinsey...
[Pictured: Customers celebrate Prohibition end at a Philadelphia bar in December 1933.] You may also like: Most and least popular senators in America 1934: National Firearms Act Imagno // Getty Images 1934: National Firearms Act Following the era of organized crime by the likes of Al Capone,...
The law school’s joint program with the renowned Wharton School of Business is among the most sought-after joint levels within the country. Located on the main campus in Philadelphia, admission to Penn Law is notably aggressive with lower than 15% of applicants being admitted. The scholar phys...
. We lived in a large single home in the suburbs across the river from Philadelphia in South Jersey, with two kids and two dogs. By that year, I realized that the man I married was NOT someone I wanted to spend the rest of my life with and I told him to leave in March. He ...
All information is presented without opinion, even the stuff I completely disagree with, because we MUST be open to looking at all angles if we want to understand these vastly complex issues. As always, this is a labour of love, but it aligns with an important message ...
Rhynhart, who had a slight lead in the poll, is the former city controller who conducted an audit of the Philadelphia Police Department and explored the city’s accounting process. Three former mayors and The Philadelphia Inquirer endorsed her. ...
On Dec. 5 of that same year, the 21st Amendment was ratified and the era of Prohibition was finally over. [Pictured: Customers celebrate Prohibition end at a Philadelphia bar in December 1933.] You may also like: Most and least popular senators in America 1934: National Firearms Act Imagno...