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This week on WURD: The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Discrimination towards Black Professors at Temple, advocacy for a greener, cleaner Philadelphia

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This week on WURD: The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Discrimination towards Black Professors at Temple, advocacy for a greener, cleaner Philadelphia

Dr. Molefi Asante, Department of Africology at Temple University professor and founder of the PhD African-American Studies program and Dr. Aaron Smith, Temple’s assistant professor of Africology and African-American Studies, discussed the controversies surrounding the university using discriminatory practices against Black professors in its Liberal Arts Program. The Source’s Andrea Lawful-Sanders concluded the interview with a commitment to contact Temple University’s office of the provost and dean Richard Deeg of […]

Women’s History Month: Honoring Laura Wheeler Waring

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Women’s History Month: Honoring Laura Wheeler Waring

By Valerie HarrisLast month New York’s Metropolitan Museum launched an exciting new exhibit of works by artists of the Harlem Renaissance. Among the artists featured is Laura Wheeler Waring, a painter best known for her portraits of prominent African Americans of the mid-20th century. If the name sounds familiar, perhaps its because of the Laura W. Waring elementary school in Philadelphia’s Fairmount neighborhood. But that’s only a small part of […]

This week on WURD: A preview of the 2024 attorney general candidates, how Act 40 will affect the city and a glimpse into SCOTUS’ case on social media

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This week on WURD: A preview of the 2024 attorney general candidates, how Act 40 will affect the city and a glimpse into SCOTUS’ case on social media

Attorney general candidates Joe Khan, Jared Solomon, Keir Bradford-Grey and Eugene DePasquale were able to showcase their political plans for listeners on The Source with Andrea Lawful-Sanders. The candidates outlined their proposed policies regarding gun violence and reform, senior care and social media reform. State Sen. Vincent Hughes spoke to Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD about ongoing revitalization efforts for minority-owned businesses in Philadelphia after he embarked on a tour with […]

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Why Good People Like Bad Leaders

By: W. Nick Taliaferro Nick Taliaferro is a veteran Radio Personality, Minister, and the former Executive Director of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations. He is also a Contributing Editor of Message Magazine. When you hear the word “attractive”, you think of someone (or thing) that has beauty, or that has some compelling attribute. An attractive flower, or a good-looking woman or man – perhaps an actress or athlete come to mind. So […]

todayMarch 15, 2024

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This week on WURD: DA charges on SEPTA shooting, uncovering Philly’s Quaker’s ties to slavery, environmental justice in Nigeria

Larry Krasner, district attorney for Philadelphia, spoke to Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD about the teens arrested and charged for the SEPTA bus stop shooting that injured eight high school students. Avis Wanda McClinton, founder of the 339 Manumissions and Beyond Project, joined The Source's Andrea Lawful Sanders along with several members of the organization to discuss their ongoing project to uncover the lost history of Philadelphia's founding Quakers, […]

todayMarch 13, 2024

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This week on WURD: DA charges on SEPTA shooting, uncovering Philly’s Quaker’s ties to slavery, environmental justice in Nigeria

Larry Krasner, district attorney for Philadelphia, spoke to Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD about the teens arrested and charged for the SEPTA bus stop shooting that injured eight high school students. Avis Wanda McClinton, founder of the 339 Manumissions and Beyond Project, joined The Source's Andrea Lawful Sanders along with several members of the organization to discuss their ongoing project to uncover the lost history of Philadelphia's founding Quakers, […]

todayMarch 13, 2024

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Why Good People Like Bad Leaders

By: W. Nick Taliaferro Nick Taliaferro is a veteran Radio Personality, Minister, and the former Executive Director of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations. He is also a Contributing Editor of Message Magazine. When you hear the word “attractive”, you think of someone (or thing) that has beauty, or that has some […]

todayMarch 15, 2024

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Politics: The Good, the Bad, and…

By: W. Nick Taliaferro Nick Taliaferro is a veteran Radio Personality, Minister, and the former Executive Director of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations. He is also a Contributing Editor of Message Magazine. Governor Josh Shapiro, in the company of House Speaker Joanna McClinton and House Majority Leader Matt Bradford, […]

todayMarch 15, 2024

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