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It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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The law is an attempt to ensure that consumers without credit cards can participate in the economy. (Rido81/BigStock)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey becomes second state to ban cashless businesses

The law is an attempt to ensure that consumers without credit cards can participate in the economy.

8 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke, center, thanks students as he leaves the The Hub Robison Center on the Penn State campus in State College, Pa., Tuesday, March 19, 2019. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Beto O’Rourke makes early impression in Pennsylvania visit

Former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke is making an early impression in Pennsylvania, a late-voting state that may yet play a role in the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential primary.

8 years ago

Fans with a sign for Temple's head coach Fran Dunphy prior to the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Central Florida, Saturday, March 9, 2019, in Philadelphia. (Chris Szagola/AP Photo)
Community

Temple’s Dunphy begins last go-around at First Four

Fran Dunphy coached 17 years at Penn before replacing John Chaney at Temple in 2006. The pass-the-torch moment to Aaron McKie could come on Tuesday night against Belmont.

8 years ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
Community

Facebook to overhaul ad targeting to prevent discrimination

Facebook will overhaul its ad-targeting systems to prevent discrimination in housing, credit and employment ads as part of a legal settlement.

8 years ago

Families that spend more on housing may have less to spend on their health. (Shutterstock/Tero Vesalainen)
Money
The Conversation

Does most of your paycheck go to rent? That may be hurting your health

New data on health across the U.S. shows that high housing costs are harming Americans’ health – and that some communities are affected more than others.

8 years ago

In this Oct. 15, 2014 file photo, an inmate lies on a bunk reading in the psychiatric unit of the Pierce County Jail in Tacoma, Washington. In Pennsylvania, some inmates deemed mentally unfit for trial are housed in similar facilities for up to five months before being put in treatment. (Elaine Thompson/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

ACLU of Pa. back in court, says treatment wait for mentally ill inmates still too long

The state chapter of the ACLU is taking legal action over what it says is are unacceptably long wait times for mentally ill inmates in county prisons to get care.

8 years ago

Michael Cohen walks out of federal court Thursday in New York, after pleading guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia.
(Julie Jacobson/AP)
Courts & Law

Records show FBI was probing Michael Cohen long before raid

The records show the inquiry into Cohen had been going on since July 2017 — far longer than previously known — and that a big part of its focus was Cohen's taxi businesses.

8 years ago

Farooq Al-Said, left, Jasiri X, center, and Jarrion Manning, right, hold a memorial display with a drawing of Antwon Rose II in front of the court house on the first day of the trial for Michael Rosfeld, a former police officer in East Pittsburgh, Pa., begins on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, in Pittsburgh. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

White officer on trial in fatal shooting of Antwon Rose, 17

A prosecutor urged jurors Tuesday to focus on a white police officer's frame of mind when he shot and killed an unarmed black teenager near Pittsburgh last summer.

8 years ago

Erin Wilson, left, state director for U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, talks with Ariell Johnson, owner of Amalgam Comics and Coffeehouse. (Abdul Sulayman/Tribune Chief Photographer)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Women’s resource center awards $350K to spark diverse small business growth in Philly

The program awards lending capital and grants to community development financial institutions, which then offer financial products to diverse small business owners.

8 years ago

In this March 10, 2018, file photo Saint Joseph's head coach Phil Martelli directs his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball semifinal game against Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament in Washington. Saint Joseph's fired Martelli on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, after 24 seasons. The 64-year-old Martelli became head coach in 1995 after 10 years as an assistant.  (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, File)
Community

After 24 years, men’s basketball coach Phil Martelli out at St. Joe’s

In 2003-2004, he was named AP coach of the year after leading the Hawks to an undefeated season.

8 years ago

Inside the New Jersey State House building in Trenton. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

Dark-money bill advances, sans requirement for retroactive reporting

Is New Jersey actually close to legislation that would require all groups that engage in electioneering and lobbying disclose major donors?

8 years ago

Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pa. House moves Janus-enforcing bill, but a veto likely looms

State House Republicans are trying again to pass a bill that would require union employers to let new hires know they can opt out of collective bargaining.

8 years ago

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Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

An off-season Fringe, with the spotlight on local successes

The new High Pressure Fire Service Festival, geared to locally based performers, runs through most of June, with a new show opening each month.

8 years ago

Students work inside a classroom at Eisenberg Elementary School in New Castle. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Education

Delaware lawmakers want more elementary school counselors and psychologists for students

To help students suffering from trauma and mental illness, Delaware lawmakers want to boost the number of elementary school counselors and psychologists.

8 years ago

Students head to school at the now-shuttered Germantown High School. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Education

What happened when Philly closed 30 schools? New study offers answers

Closures displaced thousands of students, but a new study suggests the kids who fared worst academically were at schools where most displaced students went.

8 years ago

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