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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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Bill Cosby is escorted out of the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, Tuesday Sept. 25, 2018, in Eagleville, Pa., following his sentencing to three-to-10-year prison sentence for sexual assault. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
Cosby Unraveled

Ep 15: Inmate #NN7687

Comedian Bill Cosby has been imprisoned for three to 10 years for aggravated sexual assault.

Air Date: November 7, 2018

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Philadelphia

Communities share stories, ideas over food at ‘On the Table Philly’

Morning edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with Ariella Cohen, managing editor of Plan Philly, and Jeanette Woods, community media producer, about 'On the Table Philly.'

7 years ago

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Elvis and Connie Mella at their home in the Tacony section of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

After racist threats, a Philly family and neighborhood try to heal

Residents in the Tacony section of Northeast Philadelphia say they're stunned a Hispanic family received a racist note shortly after moving in.

7 years ago

Rachel Garland, a lawyer with Community Legal Services, meets with Craig K. Lee, 53, who has lived at the Arvilla since 2011 and now will have to move. (Courtesy of Neighbors)
Housing
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

The Penn Alexander effect: Is there any room left for low-income residents in University City?

It's in this corner of the city, where an array of forces have conspired to drive up real estate prices and, in some cases, drive out low-income renters.

7 years ago

The charred remains of Willey Farms market in Townsed, Delaware, smolder early Monday morning. (Willey Farms/Facebook)
Delaware

Shoppers ‘heartbroken’ after fire guts popular Delaware farmers market

An early morning fire destroyed most structures at Willey Farms, a popular farmers market in Townsend, Delaware. It’s not clear what ca ...

7 years ago

Down the Shore
Biology
Environment
New Jersey
Outdoors

Monarch butterfly counts decrease in Cape May

Officials say they counted fewer numbers of monarch butterflies during their annual migration through Cape May in New Jersey this year.

7 years ago

Luz Fontanez, mother to graffiti legend Eliu
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Public Spaces
Visual Arts
PlanPhilly

New Hunting Park mural remembers Philly graffiti legend Karaz

Eliu Nazario aka Karaz, who died of brain cancer at the age of 51, is revered among fellow writers as the “king of the Wickeds,”

7 years ago

A SWAT team arriving at Tree of Life synagogue, Oct. 27, 2018. Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo
Public Spaces
The Conversation

Pittsburgh trauma surgeon: ‘Stop the Bleed’ training saved lives after shooting, but stopping the need must be next

In the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the “Stop the Bleed” program emerged as a way to empower the public to act as immediate responders.

7 years ago

Dorothy Johnson-Speight visits the grave of her son, Khaaliq Jabbar Johnson, in Philadelphia on Monday, May 9, 2016. Johnson was killed in 2001 - shot seven times over a parking space dispute. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The Why
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Social Justice

Mothers Evolved

After Dorothy Johnson-Speight lost her son to gun violence nearly two decades ago, she started a movement to take her city back by eradicating gun violence.

Air Date: November 5, 2018

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Families arrive for Shabbat morning services at Beth Shalom Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
National
Pennsylvania
Religion

Jewish nurse: I treated mass shooting suspect out of love

A Jewish nurse who treated the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect says that he saw confusion but not evil in the man's eyes, and that his own actions stemmed from love.

7 years ago

Don Skidmore stands in front of a sign for United Auto Workers Local 735, the union chapter he represented as president when he was a General Motors employee. (Ari Shapiro/NPR)
NPR
Economy

Life after GM: A family upended by auto plant closure took divergent paths

Three members of a Michigan family had all worked at a General Motors plant near Detroit before it closed in 2010, as the economy and the auto industry collapsed around them.

7 years ago

This July 16, 2013 file photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.  (Ben Margot/AP Photo, File)
International
Politics
Technology

Social media’s misinformation battle: No winners, so far

Caught embarrassingly off-guard, technology giants have thrown millions of dollars, tens of thousands of people into fighting fake news, propaganda and hate.

7 years ago

The Rev. William Barber marches outside the U.S. Capitol during a Poor People's Campaign rally in June. On the left is co-leader of the Poor People's Campaign, the Rev. Liz Theoharis. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
NPR
Elections
Religion
Social Justice

Preaching Gospel of love and justice, William Barber mobilizes progressive Christians

From his rallies on the national stage to his local ministry, Barber moves smoothly between political and spiritual messages.

7 years ago

Landlord George Fantini has agreed to pay New Castle County $438,000 to settle his debt for code violations, back taxes and other infractions at properties such as this one in Claymont. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Delaware

Delaware landlord pays $438,000 to settle litany of code violations

The cost covers debt from back taxes, sewer service charges, code enforcement fees, and legal costs.

7 years ago

Mourners visit the memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh after eleven people were killed in a mass shooting last weekend. Security remains tightened as congregations prepare to celebrate Shabbat.  (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
NPR
Public Safety
Religion

Jewish leaders encourage Americans of all faiths to #ShowUpForShabbat

As people take part in services, the horror of last weekend will be inescapable, especially for those in the Steel City.

7 years ago

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