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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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Amanda Thomashow was the first person to file a Title IX complaint against Larry Nassar in 2014 after he assaulted her during a medical exam. The claim was investigated by the university but dismissed as a routine medical procedure. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
Community

New Philly-based commission wants to learn from mishandling of Larry Nassar cases

A new commission of experts lead by Philly-based CHILD USA seeks to prevent future child sexual abuse in sports by holding institutions accountable.

6 years ago

Gail Collins (cred. Nina Subin)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Gail Collins on women and aging

New York Times columnist Gail Collins joins Marty to talk about her new book, "No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older Women in American History."

Air Date: October 30, 2019 10:00 am

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Lawmakers and advocates gathered in the Capitol Tuesday to promote their effort to make free menstrual products publicly available. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Health

Menstrual products should be free, Pa. lawmakers say

Calling the issue a matter of public health, the group is proposing four bills that would require public restrooms to provide free pads and tampons to anyone who needs them.

7 years ago

Ramona Hieye in her living room at her home in North Philadelphia. (Vanessa Dávila/AL DIA News)
Community
Broke in Philly

Ramona: A story of perseverance in Kensington

My name is Ramona Hieye. I grew up in Kensington. My Kensington had drugs and violence, just like now. My Kensington was no less tragic. But nobody seemed to care.

7 years ago

A lighter moment on a serious day: the presentation of a Global Girls' Bill of Rights at the U.N. Left to right: Six of the young women who helped draft the document: Faith Nwando, 17; Djellza Pulatani, 17; Olivia Lombardo, 16; Angelica Morales, 21; Kanchan Amatya, 22; and Vishakha Agrawal, 20. (Yana Paskova for NPR)
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Politics & Policy

6 young women went to the U.N. with a Global Girls’ Bill of Rights

The date of the presentation was chosen to connect with today's International Day of the Girl.

7 years ago

Stockton University,  Galloway Township. campus. (Anthony Smedile for WHYY)
Education

Stockton hired professor with easy-to-find history of retaliating against female students

Stockton University hired Andrew Kortyna even though he had been fired for retaliating against students who complained of sexual harassment.

7 years ago

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It has been two years since the start of the #MeToo movement, with many powerful men accused of sexual misconduct. Some are now attempting comebacks, raising questions about rehabilitation, redemption and reentry. (Matt Chinworth for NPR)
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Community

Is redemption possible in the aftermath of #MeToo?

"We have to grapple with this question of who can come back and who can't," says Tarana Burke, the activist who coined the term "Me Too" years before it went viral in 2017.

7 years ago

In this June 20, 2019 file photo, The Supreme Court is seen under stormy skies in Washington.  The Supreme Court is adding an abortion case to its busy election-year docket. The justices have agreed to take up a Louisiana law that could leave the state with just one clinic. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Supreme Court to hear abortion regulation case

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to plunge into the abortion debate in the midst of the 2020 presidential campaign.

7 years ago

Jaribu Hill speaks at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Miss., during a reception honoring the life of civil rights activist Unita Blackwell. (Meredith Williams via AP)
Courts & Law

Lawyers fight for everyday women bringing #MeToo complaints

The Times Up fund, administered by the National Women's Law Center, has received more than 3,670 requests for assistance and has funded 160 cases via $24 million donations.

7 years ago

Some insurers using this new payment model offer a single fee to one OB-GYN or medical practice, which then uses part of that money to cover the hospital care involved in labor and delivery. Other insurers opt to cut a separate contract with the hospital. (Adene Sanchez/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

A new way of paying for maternity care aims to reduce c-sections

Instead of paying doctors piecemeal for prenatal appointments and delivery of the baby, some insurers now offer medical practices one lump sum to cover it all.

7 years ago

NPR
Health

‘Tip of the iceberg’ — 1 in 16 women reports first sexual experience as rape

More than 3 million women experienced rape as their first sexual encounter, according to a new study, which surveyed women ages 18 to 44.

7 years ago

The former clinic of Dr. Kermit Gosnell. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

West Philly abortion doctor’s ‘house of horrors’ listed for sheriff’s sale. Anti-choice activists want to buy it.

The former clinic is listed for sheriff’s sale. Anti-abortion activists, some of whom will gather Saturday at the grave of Gosnell’s victims, want to buy it.

7 years ago

Listen 5:16
One of the Plastic Army Women that toy company BMC Toys will be introducing next year after a six-year-old girl from Arkansas wrote a letter to the company wondering why there were no female soldiers. (Courtesy of BMC Toys)
NPR
Community

Her own toy story: How a 6-year-old girl’s letter launched ‘Plastic Army Women’

The Green Army Women figurines will now be available by Christmas 2020 in four different military poses.

7 years ago

A kindergarten teacher and her students at KIPP Thrive Academy, are pictured in this file photo, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, in Newark, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Education

N.J. teachers don’t mirror racial, gender makeup of student population, report says

A report from New Jersey Policy Perspective, a progressive think tank, says the state’s teaching workforce does not resemble the state’s student body.

7 years ago

Kyle Tanguay, Swoop and two other members of the Eagles cheer squad (Twitter / @ktangkyle)
Lifestyle
Billy Penn

10 things to know about Kyle Tanguay, the Eagles’ first male cheerleader in 35 years

He’s a New Hampshire native and UArts dance major, and yes, he’s taken.

7 years ago

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