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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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José, Nelly and Gloria Guity in the cafeteria of Miami Edison Senior High School the day before Irma hit Miami. (Kate Stein/WHYY)
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During Irma, some Miami evacuees felt left behind in their own city

As the hurricane threatened, Miami-Dade County opened more than 40 shelters for people who needed a safe place to go. Some low-income, vulnerable people needed more support.

8 years ago

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Hunter shooting wild hens.
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Gun culture’s dirty secret

It’s really important to blow smoke about how we’re the last true defense of freedom against tyranny. That, however, is complete and utter BS.

8 years ago

Hurricane Maria smashed poles and snarled power lines in Puerto Rico. Belinda Pastrana, a chemistry professor at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, says devastation from September’s powerful storm is making it impossible to continue her work on the island. 
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Forced out of Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria, Rutgers grad looks for new home for her lab

The devastation left by last month’s powerful storm is making it impossible to continue her work on Puerto Rico.

8 years ago

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Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Lisa Thomas-Laury’s “On Camera and Off”; Manafort indictment

Guests: Lisa Thomas-Laury and Byron Tau ...

Air Date: October 31, 2017

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President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally for Sen. Luther Strange
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Trump's apologists couldn't care less about indictments

No matter what happens on the legal front in the days and weeks ahead, Trump’s credulous fan base will remain wedded to him 'til death do they part.

8 years ago

A device called a
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Gee, what a shock: Long live the bump stock

Ever wonder what happened to the tiny glimmer of gun reform that briefly competed with Thoughts ‘n’ Prayers?

8 years ago

President George H.W. Bush in a wheelchair, hands up, palms out, leaving a stage; President Bill Clinton pushes Bush, Sr.; President George W. Bush walks off stage, looking back to his father
NewsWorks Tonight
Lifestyle

#Metoo? Number of women who worry about sexual abuse has not changed materially over the past 17 years, Gallup poll finds

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup's Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

9 years ago

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The Pulse
Science

Horror movie sounds evoke primal fear

Sound designers have a bag of acoustic “scares” to frighten and unnerve an audience.

9 years ago

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Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, R-Me., smiles Jan., 5, 1949, as she takes a break from looking over papers in her office in Washington D.C.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Senator versus demagogue, and history's verdict

It's great that Jeff Flake stood up to Donald Trump's serial lies and dangerous toxicity, but, lest we forget our history, Flake's act was not unprecedented.

9 years ago

A drone in flight
Politics & Policy

Trump OKs test program to expand domestic drone flights

President Donald Trump gave the go-ahead Wednesday, signing a directive intended to increase the number and complexity of drone flights.

9 years ago

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers the keynote address during the General Assembly of the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Philadelphia
Courts & Law

At Philly police conference, AG Sessions vows to make combatting street gang MS-13 a 'priority'

Sessions said he would urge federal prosecutors to use whatever laws they can think of to “dismantle” the transnational criminal organization with an estimated 40,000 members.

9 years ago

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly walks past White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to begin speaking to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Authoritarianism 101: Do not question the military

The lowest moment of Trump's latest Gold Star misfire came on Friday when his mouthpiece decreed from a White House podium that military brass should be exempt from scrutiny.

9 years ago

A doctor holds a stethoscope on a pregnant person's belly.
Science

Black women at higher risk for pregnancy-related heart failure, prolonged recovery

A new study suggests that African-American women are more likely to suffer from Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and are more likely to worsen before getting better.

9 years ago

The capitol is seen against a darkened blue sky
Politics & Policy

Q&A on the GOP effort to overhaul the nation's tax system

But can they deliver? What are the next steps for Congress? How would the changes affect the average taxpayer? Some questions and answers:

9 years ago

A man in a suit speaks in front of a blue, National Press Club background
Politics & Policy

NAACP names new leader for more active future

The NAACP has decided to hire its interim leader, Derrick Johnson, as its 19th president and CEO.

9 years ago

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