Wendy Ruderman

2 months ago | inquirer.com | Wendy Ruderman

Thousands of employees at the Internal Revenue Service in Philadelphia spent the weekend agonizing over whether they’ll lose their jobs as part of the Trump administration’s plan to shrink the federal workforce.

2 months ago | mahoningmatters.com | Wendy Ruderman

The cremated remains of the six Mexican nationals who died aboard a medical jet that crashed in Northeast Philadelphia earlier this year were returned to loved ones in Mexico City on Friday, according to a spokesperson for the Consulate of Mexico in Philadelphia. A brief, somber ceremony to mark their departure took place at 3 a.m. outside the Center City headquarters of the consulate. Carlos Obrador Garrido Cuesta, the head consul, helped load six small wooden boxes into the back of an SUV.

2 months ago | inquirer.com | Wendy Ruderman

The cremated remains of the six Mexican nationals who died aboard a medical jet that crashed in Northeast Philadelphia earlier this yearwere returned to loved ones in Mexico City on Friday, according to a spokesperson for the Consulate of Mexico in Philadelphia. A brief, somber ceremony to mark their departuretook place at 3 a.m. outside the Center City headquarters of the Consulate of Mexico.

2 months ago | inquirer.com | David Gambacorta |Michelle Myers |Wendy Ruderman

Franco Gomez llegó a casa con su familia a tiempo para la cena en un nublado viernes de enero. Otra agotadora semana trabajando como instalador de alfombras, ganando 130 dólares al día, había llegado a su fin. Escapando del frío húmedo que invadía su casa del noreste de Filadelfia, Gomez y su esposa, Carolina, se acurrucaron en una cama de doble plaza con sus dos hijos en uno de los dormitorios del segundo piso.

2 months ago | inquirer.com | David Gambacorta |Michelle Myers |Wendy Ruderman

Franco Gomez made it home to his family by dinnertime on a misty Friday in late January. Another exhausting week of working as a carpet installer, earning $130 a day, had drawn to a close. To escape a damp chill that had seeped into their Northeast Philadelphia rowhouse, Gomez and his wife, Carolina, cuddled in a queen-size bed with their two children in a second-floor bedroom, the warmest space in the house. The family started to watch a Netflix movie, The Princess Switch.