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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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Delaware legislators sit around a roundtable during a House committee meeting
Politics & Policy

‘Behind a barrier’: Should Delaware officials’ financial disclosure reports be posted on state’s integrity website?

Currently, members of the public can only see filings of some 350 politicians and other top officials by filing a Freedom of Information Act request.

2 months ago

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A crowd listens to a speaker talk about how the Trump administration's action undermine the country's founding principles.
Community

‘No Kings’ in Mount Airy: Northwest Philadelphia residents explore history on Fourth of July

Organizers of the event donned 18th century-style costumes — and drew what they said are similarities between the actions of King George III and President Trump’s policies.

2 months ago

Donald Trump signs his spending bill in front of Republican legislators
Politics & Policy

Trump signs his tax and spending cut bill at the White House July 4 picnic

The legislation extends Trump's 2017 multi-trillion dollar tax cuts and cuts Medicaid and food stamps by $1.2 trillion.

2 months ago

Striking Philadelphia municipal workers carry signs and chant during Philadelphia's Fourth of July parade.
Community

Philadelphia’s Fourth of July celebrations clash with striking municipal city workers

AFSCME District Council 33 members protested at Fourth of July ceremonies and parades as contract negotiations with Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration continue.

2 months ago

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick attends the first annual Diwali festival
Politics & Policy

Rep. Fitzpatrick voted against Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill.’ How does his vote complicate Bucks County’s midterm race?

U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick is one of three GOP members in the 119th Congress who serves a district former Vice President Kamala Harris won in 2024.

2 months ago

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., speaks at a news conference, Jan. 31, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Politics & Policy

Pa. leaders decry Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill,’ warning it could strip Medicaid from 310,000 residents

Critics and health policy experts consider the GOP legislation the largest roll back of health care and food assistance in U.S. history.

2 months ago

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson
Politics & Policy

The House gives final approval to Trump’s big tax bill and sends it to him to sign

Republicans overcame multiple setbacks to approve his signature second-term policy package Thursday before a Fourth of July deadline.

2 months ago

An American flag flying with a Penn flag
Education

Penn to update swimming records set by Lia Thomas, settling with feds on transgender athletes case

Under the agreement, the university agreed to restore all individual Division I swimming records and titles to female athletes who lost to Thomas.

2 months ago

Carla Hayden, 14th Librarian of Congress, spoke with Ashley Jordan, president and CEO of the African American Museum in Philadelphia, at an event at the Free Library of Philadelphia Central Branch on June 28, 2025. (Emily Neil/WHYY)
Community

Carla Hayden, former Librarian of Congress, speaks on her dismissal, the future of libraries at Philadelphia event

Hayden, both the first woman and first Black person to head the Library of Congress, was fired by President Donald Trump in May.

3 months ago

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Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J.
Politics & Policy

Democrats wrestle with how to conduct oversight as Trump officials crack down

Federal prosecutors say N.J. Rep. McIver interfered with law enforcement during an ICE facility visit. It's not the only clash between Democrats and the Trump administration.

3 months ago

John Thune arrives to a meeting
Politics & Policy

U.S. senators launch a weekend of work to meet Trump’s deadline for passing his tax and spending cuts

The rare weekend session comes as Republicans race to pass the president’s package of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds by his July 4 deadline.

3 months ago

Conor Lamb speaks to the crowd at a town hall-style event
Politics & Policy

Democrats are trying to figure out what to do about John Fetterman. One of them is stepping up

Lamb says he isn’t running for anything right now, but he’ll do whatever he can to protect democracy and create a country with more opportunities for people.

3 months ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro delivered his budget address for the 2025-26 fiscal year to a joint session of the state House and Senate at the Capitol,  Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Studio 2
Money

Studio 2 Extra: Pa.’s budget will be late…again

For the fourth year in a row, lawmakers are in a deadlock over funding the Keystone State. Much of the fight in Harrisburg is over skill games and transit including SEPTA.

Air Date: June 27, 2025 1:30 pm

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Bill Moyers speaking at a microphone
Community

Legendary TV journalist Bill Moyers dead at 91

In hundreds of hours of PBS programs, he proved at home with subjects ranging from government corruption to modern dance, from drug addiction to media consolidation.

3 months ago

outside AFSCME DC 33 headquarters
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia city workers union leader says they will walk if no deal by July 1

The union head says they are double digits apart on wage demands, as the clock ticks towards a Tuesday morning strike deadline.

3 months ago

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