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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 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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Aliyah, 8 and father, Kalif Troy, of West Philadelphia, participate in a play date with the Fathering Circle on Saturday, October 12, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Home & Family
Kids

Rethinking fatherhood, one day at a time

The men of The Fathering Circle are taking on #MeToo and their own fathers to reckon with their past and reimagine parenting.

6 years ago

Bishops sing during an opening hymn at the start of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Fall General Assembly at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Monday, Nov. 11, 2019.  (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
Religion
Social Justice

Catholic bishops’ agenda: immigrants, gun deaths, sex abuse

US Catholic bishops received a challenging to-do list Monday as they opened their national assembly

6 years ago

In this July 26, 1939, file photo, Philadelphia Eagles owner and head coach Bert Bell talks to his squad as his son, Bert Bell Jr. sits on a players lap, in Philadelphia. Bell, who later became the league's commissioner, created the NFL draft as a way to assist teams who couldn't attract top talent in the free-for-all system that had been in place. (AP Photo/File)
The Why
Philadelphia
Sports

Meet the power couple that created the Philadelphia Eagles

Bert Bell gets all the credit for founding the Eagles, but it was really a team effort.

Air Date: November 11, 2019

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Bill Golderer inside the Arch Street Presbyterian Church. (Justin James Muir)
Homelessness
Income Inequality
Broke in Philly

Can this charismatic pastor rally Philly around its most intractable problem?

Inside Bill Golderer’s big, bold — and, dare we say, revolutionary — idea for tackling poverty in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

Stony Brook defensive lineman Casey Williams hugs his mother, Zina Williams, while surrounded by friends and family after his team defeated Villanova on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. (Heather Khalifa/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Sports
Broke in Philly

The excruciating challenge of being a high school athlete without enough to eat

Food insecurity causes drastic and unhealthy coping solutions for many high school athletes in and around Philly. But many have overcome its consequences.

6 years ago

Active school shooter drills
NPR
K-12
Mental Health
National

Experts worry active shooter drills in schools could be traumatic for students

A regular drumbeat of mass shootings in the U.S. has ramped up pressure on education and law enforcement officials to do all they can to prevent the next attack.

6 years ago

The Broad-Ridge Spur originates at 8th and Market streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Policing
Transportation
Billy Penn

While NYC cracks down on fare evasion, Philly’s decrim is working well

Since SEPTA implemented its new system, just 13 people got the harshest penalty — and still avoided jail.

6 years ago

Pa. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean wants to address a growing complaint among service members about aggressive debt collectors. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Military
Pennsylvania

Dean bill aims to curb aggressive debt collection tactics targeting military service members

Pa. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean wants to address a growing complaint among service members about aggressive debt collectors.

6 years ago

Volunteers participate in a reenactment of what is thought to be the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history in LaPlace, La., on Friday. (Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)
NPR
History
National
Race & Ethnicity

Hundreds march in reenactment of a historic, but long forgotten slave rebellion

More than 200 years ago, in 1811, a group of enslaved people on a plantation on the outskirts of New Orleans rose up, armed themselves and began a march towards the city.

6 years ago

NPR
Higher Education
National

‘First-Gen’ proud: Campuses are celebrating an overlooked group. But Is that enough?

When Rhonda Gonzales was in college in the early '90s, the term "first-generation" wasn't part of her vocabulary. She was the first in her family to go to college.

6 years ago

Police say a luxury sports car crashed into the second floor of a Jersey Shore professional office building, killing two people. (Courtesy of Kiefer Armbrecht via Jersey Shore Hurricane News/Facebook).
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Porsche crashes into Shore building’s second floor, killing 2

Police say a luxury sports car crashed into the second floor of a Jersey Shore professional office building, killing two people.

6 years ago

The Northern Savings Fund building at 6th and Spring Garden. (Courtesy Di Bruno Bros).
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Preservation
Billy Penn

Historic Northern Savings Fund building is now a gorgeous Di Bruno catering space

The Frank Furness-designed bank on Spring Garden has new life as “Banca.”

6 years ago

An Action Leaders Summit in South Philly focused on how to promote and provide information about the 2020 Census in at-risk neighborhoods and communities. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Community Events
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

At Philly 2020 census summit, neighborhood leaders train to be ‘trusted messengers’

An Action Leaders Summit in South Philly focused on how to promote and provide information about the 2020 Census in at-risk neighborhoods and communities.

6 years ago

Renée McDonald of Mothers In Charge talks about the shooting deaths of her nephews during a discussion with journalists on how to improve gun violence reporting. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Media
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

This new tool can help reporters — and everyone else — understand and solve Philly’s gun violence crisis

Plus: How about a resource list at the end of every article or broadcast about a shooting?

6 years ago

Temple men's basketball team on opening night (2019TWITTER/@TUMBBHOOPS)
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

If you’re a Philly sports fan but aren’t following Big 5 hoops, you’re missing out

With new head coaches at Temple and St. Joe’s, it’s a whole new era for this college basketball town.

6 years ago

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