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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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Republican candidate for NJ governor Jack Ciattarelli shakes a man's hand
Politics & Policy

Democrats, GOP test their playbooks as Trump looms over elections in New Jersey and Virginia

In both states, Democratic candidates for governor are distancing themselves from their party’s far-left wing in campaigns focused instead on rising costs.

3 weeks ago

Dana Erhet posing for a photo inside the museum
Arts & Entertainment

Native flora and fauna in the spotlight at the New Jersey State Museum’s ‘Ecosystems at Risk’

The exhibition highlights the state’s natural habitats and efforts to protect them.

3 weeks ago

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Instructors at Cape Assist interact with students
Community

Cape May County program trains teens to become mental health first responders

Students enrolled in the program are learning the five-step process to notice, ask, listen, connect to a trusted adult and reinforce friendship to help peers in distress.

3 weeks ago

Lydia Munoz
Community

Atlantic County’s Spanish Community Center’s interim leader Lydia Munoz, 81, braces herself to support immigrant families

Lydia Munoz has been helping immigrant families since the 1970s and feels her work is needed more than ever in changing times.

3 weeks ago

Jalen Hurts during the game
Things To Do
Community

Eagles home opener at the Linc, Fringe Festival begins and the 13th annual Haverford Music Festival in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Sept. 4–7: A group kayak excursion from Camden to Philly, fall festivals galore and Lake Street Dive in Delaware are among the weekend event highlights.

3 weeks ago

Listen 5:00
a sign for The Mid-State Correctional Facility
Community

New Jersey to provide academic support to children of incarcerated parents

The state Department of Corrections is partnering with the nonprofit Give Something Back to provide mentorship and other wraparound support.

3 weeks ago

New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver speaks into a microphone outside of an immigrant detention center in Newark, New Jersey
Politics & Policy

House rejects effort to censure New Jersey congresswoman over actions at detention center

The House has rejected a resolution to censure Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey.

3 weeks ago

Rep. LaMonica McIver speaks into a microphone while sitting in a chair
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Politics & Policy

New Jersey Democrat faces House censure vote and removal from key committee

New Jersey Democrat LaMonica McIver is facing a censure vote in the House of Representatives over her arrest earlier this year at an immigration detention facility.

3 weeks ago

Sen. Cory Booker speaks during a hearing in Washington
Community

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker announces he’s engaged to girlfriend Alexis Lewis

Booker, a former Democratic candidate for president, announced the engagement Tuesday on Instagram. Booker, 56, has never been married.

3 weeks ago

volunteers packing food
Community

Trenton Plates, The World Takes fights food insecurity in the city and world

Local volunteers gather at the Cure Arena for the second annual meal packaging event.

4 weeks ago

A child baseball player hits a ball with his bat
Community

Suspended Little Leaguer’s bat sells for nearly $10,000 at auction

All proceeds from the sale of 12-year-old Marco Rocco’s signed bat will be donated to the program he plays for, Haddonfield Little League.

4 weeks ago

People walking in American Dream
Courts & Law

New Jersey’s massive American Dream mall sued for selling clothes on a Sunday

Officials in Paramus argue that the mall's retailers have been open on Sundays for nearly a year, despite promises to comply with the law.

4 weeks ago

Phil Murphy speaks
Politics & Policy

Gov. Murphy seeks restrictions on nonessential helicopter flights in N.J. after deadly NYC chopper crash

Murphy noted that the helicopter involved in the April 10 crash was based in Kearny, New Jersey, and plummeted into the Hudson River near the Jersey City waterfront.

4 weeks ago

A likeness of Walt Whitman is carved on a memorial marker near his grave site in Camden
Community

America’s 250th: NJ Transit launches ‘Jersey Journeys,’ an interactive map showcasing historic sites accessible by bus and trains

The map highlights more than 150 historic sites in New Jersey that can be accessed by bus, light rail and train.

4 weeks ago

Frankie Beverly singing
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

A salute to Frankie Beverly, a drone light show and Ludwig’s Corner Horse Show in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Aug. 29–31: Andy Grammer in Delaware, a camping-themed event at Philly’s Cherry Street Pier and a car show in South Jersey are among the highlights.

4 weeks ago

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