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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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 Michael Brown Sr. holds up a plaque honoring his son, Michael Brown, to show volunteers as they remove items left at a makeshift memorial last month in Ferguson, Missouri. The memorial that has marked the place where Brown was fatally shot by a police officer in August has been removed and will be replaced with the permanent plaque. (Jeff Roberson/AP Photo)

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 Erika Almiron, executive director of Juntos, a Latino community advocacy organization, calls for the closing the Berks Family Detention Center and the release of its residents. (Bill Hangley/WHYY)

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 Philadelphia Schools Superintendent William Hite has pleaded with city officials for recurring funding. So far, no dice. (NewsWorks file photo)

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