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The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

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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Pennsylvania’s Senate is expected to vote soon on a proposal to restrict cash gifts to public officials, a measure that aims to cha ...

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A new report by the Pew Charitable Trusts offers a major reason to be optimistic about Philadelphia. The nonprofit found that 2,81 ...

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Why the Mastro Report creates new problems for Gov Christie

Gov. Chris Christie took a major political and legal gamble with his decision to ask Randy Mastro and a team of Gibbon Dunn lawyers to co ...

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Why we don’t need political dynasties

We tell the world that we’re a land of opportunity, where anyone can grow up to be the president. Then we limit ourselves to ...

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Shakespeare army searching for a few good extras

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Congressional hopefuls clash, docs run radio ads

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Vice President Biden returns to University of Delaware for commencement

Vice President Joe Biden will be back at his alma mater to deliver the commencement address at the University of Delaware.  < ...

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Spring Cleanup Day allows Germantown Town Hall group to connect with locals

It was so windy on Saturday’s seventh annual Philly Spring Cleanup Day that Germantown Town Hall Collaborative (GTHC) leader Charli ...

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Demand outweighs supply at TreePhilly’s West Oak Lane weekend giveaway

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New Rowan/Rutgers board aims to make Camden an ‘eds and meds’ powerhouse

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Rutgers’ Julie Hermann bashes Star-Ledger in media ethics lecture

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Seeking plane wreckage in oceans of garbage

The many false alarms from sighted debris not related toMalaysia Airlines Flight 370 remind us that we’ve been using the ocean as a ...

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Community College of Philadelphia says without more from city, tuition will rise

Tuition is probably heading up at the Community College of Philadelphia.  Community College Interim President Judith Gay test ...

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Mt. Airy Art Garage hosts inaugural poetry slam

The Mt. Airy Art Garage hosted the first of its new monthly poetry slam series events this weekend. The event drew dozens of art and poet ...

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