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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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Businesses like American Water received tax breaks from both the state of New Jersey and the cit of Camden. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Business
Government Accountability
New Jersey

Question for Camden: How many tax breaks is too many?

Camden has given tax breaks to companies already getting big ones from the state. Is the city catering to big corporations at the expense of its residents?

Air Date: August 8, 2019

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Pennsylvania state Sen. Daylin Leach. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP)
Pennsylvania

Fellow Pa. Dems challenging Leach promise similar policies, but a change in culture

With eight months to go before his primary election, Leach already has three challengers.

7 years ago

Firefighting foam used here at Dover Air Force Base may be to blame for PFAS contamination in wells nearby. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Mauricio Campino)
Delaware
Military
Public Health

Delaware delegation demands answers on PFAS contamination at Dover air base from Pentagon

Five wells near the Dover Air Force Base are contaminated with excessive levels of PFAS. Delaware’s three members of Congress want answers from the Pentagon.

7 years ago

Pedro Pierluisi, sworn in as Puerto Rico's governor last week, has been ordered by the island's Supreme Court to resign as governor, following his swearing in last Friday. (Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo/AP Photo)
NPR
International

Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court rules Pierluisi unconstitutionally sworn in as governor

The decision voids Pedro Pierluisi's swearing-in because he was not previously approved as secretary of state by both Puerto Rico's Senate and House.

7 years ago

Sen. Pat Toomey (Flickr via Shirley Li/Medill)
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
Billy Penn

The NRA hates Pat Toomey, but he still can’t get background checks passed

Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey is working with his Democratic colleagues to strengthen the background checks that folks will face if they want to buy firearms. Again.

7 years ago

Flowers and a Virgin Mary painting adorn makeshift memorial for the victims of Saturday mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas, Sunday, August 4, 2019. (Andres Leighton/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
PA Post

After mass shootings, some Pa. Democrats urge Wolf to call a special session

'We need to hold folks’ feet to the fire,' said a Philadelphia Democrat.

7 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, talks with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., right, and her mother Blanca Ocasio-Cortez, center, during a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, during the opening session of the 116th Congress. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Radio Times
Elections
History

The roots of and challenges to the Democratic establishment

Ryan Grim charts how “Democratic establishment” developed its political ideology in as well as those who attempted to challenge their authority over the years.

Air Date: August 6, 2019

Listen 49:33
Protesters angered by President Donald Trump’s executive order that prevented refugees, visa and green card holders from entering the US chant pro-immigration slogans at Philadelphia International Airport.
Immigration
National
Philadelphia

Philadelphia officials urge support for refugees amid reports of impending ‘ban’

Philadelphia officials are urging action, amid reports that the Trump administration could lower refugee arrivals to nearly zero in 2020.

7 years ago

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Health Care
New Jersey
Public Health

New Jersey will require violence intervention programs at certain hospitals

New Jersey will require certain hospitals to have intervention programs aimed at breaking the cycle of violence for the state’s most at-risk residents.

7 years ago

Vice President Mike Pence listens as President Donald Trump speaks about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
National Interest
National
National Interest

Will Republicans finally disown Trump’s incendiary racism?

At this point we should probably be grateful whenever a few Republicans wake up and smell their party's white supremacist stench.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
National
Public Safety

Trump says he wants stronger gun checks but gives no details

President Donald Trump on Monday condemned weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio as "barbaric" attacks and crimes "against all humanity."

7 years ago

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Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

‘Do something now’: Alejandro Bedoya uses field mic to send gun violence message to Congress

The Philadelphia Union player gave voice to the sentiment many are feeling after this weekend’s back-to-back mass shootings.

7 years ago

From left, Melody Stout, Hannah Payan, Aaliyah Alba, Sherie Gramlich and Laura Barrios comfort each other during a vigil for victims of the shooting Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. A young gunman opened fire in an El Paso, Texas, shopping area during the busy back-to-school season, leaving multiple people dead and more than two dozen injured. (John Locher/AP Photo)
Policing
Public Safety
PA Post

After mass shootings, Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf calls for banning assault weapons, targeting white nationalism

In the wake of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio that left at least 29 people dead, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf called for increased gun restrictions.

7 years ago

Sen. Josh Hawley has made it a point to challenge the major tech companies since his election in 2018. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
NPR
Media
Technology

Lawmaker aims to curb social media addiction with new bill

Sen. Josh Hawley's Social Media Addiction Reduction Technology, or SMART, Act would ban features that encourage prolonged engagement such as infinite scrolling and autoplay.

7 years ago

Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., talks with a constituent after a veterans event on Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, at the Ingham County Fair in Mason, Mich. Slotkin, who flipped the 8th Congressional District by defeating a Republican incumbent in 2018, has not backed an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. (David Eggert/AP Photo)
Elections

Impeachment summer? August town halls may decide next steps

Freshman Democratic Rep. Andy Kim came face to face with impeachment fervor at a town hall in New Jersey. "Do your job!" shouted one voter.

7 years ago

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