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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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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Billy Penn Awards: Brought to you by cheesesteaks, hoagies, innovators and makers

The Billies are a festive fundraiser for local news.

6 years ago

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 1970 file photo, an NYPD officer grabs a youth by the hair as another officer clubs a young man during a confrontation in Greenwich Village after a Gay Power march in New York. A year earlier, the June 1969 uprising by young gays, lesbians and transgender people in New York City, clashing with police near a bar called the Stonewall Inn, was a vital catalyst in expanding LGBT activism nationwide and abroad. (AP Photo/File)
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50 years after Stonewall, LGBT rights are a work in progress

From the perspective of veteran activists, the progress has been astounding.

6 years ago

Symphony Ramson plays on the floor of the new apartment she and her dad will live in for a year. (Courtesy of Bergen Rental Communities)
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Property company gives Philly homeless free apartments for a year

Hope & Door is a partnership between Berger Rental and One Step Away.

6 years ago

Thousands of people viewed the more than 1,000 pieces of art at Trenton's Art All Night festival. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
New Jersey

Art All Night attendees hope successful return will bring crowds back to Trenton next year

Hundreds flocked to Trenton’s annual celebration of local art and music, though longtime attendees said turnout seemed lower after last year’s shooting.

6 years ago

U.S. players celebrate after teammate Julie Ertz scored their side's second goal during the Women's World Cup Group F soccer match between United States and Chile at Parc des Princes in Paris, France on Sunday. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo)
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U.S. continues dominance in Women’s World Cup with 3-0 win over Chile

They won before a sell-out crowd in Paris on Sunday. It was a gem of a game for the team, which controlled play from the beginning with crisp and precise passes.

6 years ago

The Coast Guard launched MH-60 Jayhawk and HC-130 Hercules aircrews from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City to respond. (Courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Coast Guard rescues sick man from cruise ship en route to N.J.

The U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue of a 55-year-old Canadian man who fell ill on a cruise ship en route to New Jersey Friday morning.

6 years ago

Shopping carts filled with free frozen treats outside Rittenhouse Market on Saturday. (Courtesy of Colette Alexandre)
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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Free ice cream! Power outage at Rittenhouse Market leads to sweet sidewalk giveaway

“Why not fill up people’s freezers instead?”

6 years ago

A lightning strike over the ocean as seen from Ocean Grove. (Photo: Chris Spiegel/Blur Revision Media Design)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Severe thunderstorms possible Sunday at the Shore

Severe thunderstorms are possible at the Jersey Shore on Sunday, forecasters say. 

6 years ago

United States' players take photos during a visit at the Parc des Princes stadium a day before the Group F soccer match between United States and Chile at the Women's World Cup in Paris, Saturday, June 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Sports

United States face Chile with chance to advance in World Cup

The United States gets back on the field at the Women's World Cup on Sunday, just as the uproar following its opening 13-0 win is quieting down.

6 years ago

Mike is the son of an American mom and an Italian dad and grew up in a little southern Italian town. He took a month of parental leave to take care of his newborn son Elliot in Brooklyn. (Dirk Anschütz)
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Home & Family
Kids

Census says more than 60% of US men are fathers

The data in the report come from 2014 when the bureau for the first time asked both men and women about their fertility histories.

6 years ago

Candi and Estela Reyes shared memories of their father during a 2012 StoryCorps interview in El Paso, Texas. (Anaid Reyes/StoryCorps)
NPR
Home & Family

‘He’s in our soul’: Sisters remember their dad’s legacy on Father’s Day

At StoryCorps, Estela and Candi Reyes recount how a simple act of devotion helped them say goodbye to their beloved father. "Papito era lo máximo," Estela said.

6 years ago

The pool at Samuel Recreation Center is set to open on Friday, June 21. (Sydney Schaefer/Billy Penn)
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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly’s public pools are back! Here’s the opening schedule for the first week

6 years ago

Yansen is a hip-hop dancer and actor in Bay Shore, N.Y. His siblings and his father, Hector, all worked in financial institutions. Yansen decided to go against the grain. Father and son both agree, though, that Yansen is pretty good at what he does. (Dirk Anschütz)
NPR
Home & Family

Tracing The Expanding Definition Of Fatherhood

After his son's birth, Dirk Anschütz photographed fathers and sons for six years. "There's a lot of change going on right now regarding what fatherhood means."

6 years ago

Jamal Walker and his daughter, Bella (Courtesy Rashena Carter)
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Home & Family
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Father’s Day bailout: 10 Philly dads get to spend the holiday with their kids

A criminal justice nonprofit put up thousands of dollars so fathers awaiting trial behind bars could spend the holiday with their families.

6 years ago

Trenton police officers patrol on foot on Walnut Street, where one person was killed and five injured in a mass shooting on May 28. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
New Jersey
Policing

After three mass shootings in a year, Trenton searching for solutions to gun violence

The recent bloodshed, including five homicides in May, has only deepened the resignation some residents feel toward gun violence in their city.

6 years ago

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