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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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 Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter discuses  plans for Pope Francis' scheduled visit to the city. (AP photo/Matt Rourke)
Philadelphia

Business help for papal visit is on the way

The late-September visit of Pope Francis has a lot of Philadelphia businesses worried about how — and if — they’ll be a ...

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 NJ Transit Executive Director Ronnie Hakim (center) crosses the Ben Franklin Bridge while walking the route she expects riders to take from Camden to the Ben Franklin Parkway, wher Pope Francis will celebrate Mass with up to 1.5 million people. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia

NJ officials announce Papal visit transportation plans [maps]

When Pope Francis comes to town, the Garden State will look like anything but the Garden of Eden. More than 100,000 private vehicl ...

10 years ago

 At a press conference held Thursday, Mayor Michael Nutter releases new details about the security perimeter during the papal visit (Courtesy of the Mayor's office)
Philadelphia

More details of papal visit restrictions announced

Philadelphia officials have filled in some more blanks about the papal visit. A week ago, the city released its plan for a three-s ...

10 years ago

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 Pope Francis blesses the faithful as he arrives for his weekly general audience he held in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Philadelphia

Ex-WMF event consultant makes the case for chilling out about the papal visit

With so much incomplete information out there about the papal visit security plans, lots of people and groups have been hitting the panic ...

10 years ago

 Mayoral candidates Jim Kenney and Melissa Murray Bailey stood side-by-side outside a polling place during May's primary election. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

NBC10 nixes Philly mayoral debate after Kenney campaign objects to reaction-shot camera angle

Travel with NinetyNine back to the year 1960. That September, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon faced off in the nation’s fi ...

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Policing

Passing as a transsexual black man, and the revolutionary courage to continue

I was finally "passing" as a black man. I also came to realize that the duties of the police to "protect and serve" did not necessarily apply to someone like me.

10 years ago

Sister Mary Scullion hands out leaflets in Rittenhouse Square promoting Project HOME's 'Mercy and Justice' campaign. Scullion is working with city officials to accommodate the homeless along the Ben Franklin Parkway during the papal visit. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Making sure Philly’s homeless, poor aren’t ‘swept away’ during papal weekend

On summer nights, more than 100 people sleep on benches and under trees that line the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. But when Pope Fra ...

10 years ago

 Sandy Beach, a.k.a., Robert Hitchen

This Atlantic City showgirl has always brought his full humanity to work

Robert Hitchen, better known in Philly and South Jersey as Sandy Beach, got his start as a drag performer — he likes the term R ...

10 years ago

 James Foster will appear on the Nov. mayoral ballot as an independent candidate. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Challenge to independent mayoral candidate’s nominating petitions dropped

Remember Tuesday’s story about a petition challenge being fil ...

10 years ago

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Philadelphia
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In the shadow of the Ben Franklin Bridge, a floating community for people who don’t quite want to live in the city

They’re right at the edge of the city, but it feels like a million miles away. For the residents of the marina, life is a cross ...

10 years ago

 Ghost, a Swedish heavy-metal band (Image courtesy of bbgunpress.com)
Philadelphia

‘Ghost vs. Pope’ plans dissolve in complications of Center City ‘traffic box’

Security measures related to Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia on the weekend of Sept. 26 and 27 are forcing many of the cityR ...

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A Pope Francis Bleacher Creature stands among the ranks of other plush toys. (Kimberly Painter/WHYY)
Philadelphia

An accidental best-seller: Plush Pope Francis [photos]

There’s a place in the Philly suburbs where Pope Francis hangs out with superheroes and sports stars. It’s a one-story ...

10 years ago

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 Fall forecast map. (Courtesy AccuWeather)
Philadelphia

Forecast calls for warm, dry weather when pope is in town

AccuWeather has come out with its fall forecast that includes Philadelphia’s papal weekend. The weather word is warm, said A ...

10 years ago

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 James Foster delivered his nominating petitions to the county Board of Elections office last week. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

Challenge filed against independent mayoral candidate’s nominating petitions

Independent mayoral candidate James Foster faces a petition challenge that was filed just before Monday’s deadline by an attorney w ...

10 years ago

 With Kathleen Kane facing criminal charges, former Philadelphia district attorney Lynne Abraham has reportedly offered to fill in as state attorney general. (NewsWorks, file art)

Lynne Abraham reportedly offers to fill in for indicted A.G. Kane

According to reports from PoliticsPA.com ...

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