insert_link Featured This week on WURD: Black business goes viral after alleged racial discrimination, Susanna Warder’s lifelong enslavement to William Penn, Black farmer resources Chubby Chicks restaurateur Shakeira Turner says she has endured two months of alleged racial harassment from residents living above her business. Turner joined Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones to talk about the aggressions she experienced and the overwhelming support from politicians, influencers, and patrons.Shirley Lee Corsey is the conservator and executive director of the Black-owned Gather Place Museum. Corsey joined Reality Check with Tonya Pendleton to promote an upcoming event […] todayFebruary 21, 2025
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: Eagles bring home Lombardi trophy, Super Bowl parade, Morris Chestnut on WURD Photo Credit: Governor Wolf Attends Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl LII Victory ParadeWURD's very own Chris Murray joined Dr. James Peterson on Evening WURDs. He discussed the Eagles’ dominant win over the Kansas City Chiefs and Kendrick Lamar’s viral halftime performance.Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Joanna McClinton joined Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones and reviewed the highlights of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed budget. McClinton discussed the goals […] todayFebruary 14, 2025
insert_link 2 Events Writing as Liberation: Honoring Black Writers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art By Sara M. Lomax | WURD Radio Early in my journalism career, my favorite professor, Samuel Freedman, proclaimed: “Good writing is good writing.” I interpreted that to mean that it doesn’t matter whether you're writing the great American novel or a business plan, the tenants of good writing traverse all genres. I have clung to that notion since my career has been rooted on the business side of journalism. I […] todayFebruary 13, 2025 2
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: Recovery process for Northeast plane crash, Black History Month, Black representation at the Grammys Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel told listeners on Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones all they need to know about the plane crash in northeast Philly, which is under active investigation. Bethel talked about the recovery process for the surrounding community and the city’s resources to keep people safe.Director of Social Studies for the School District of Philadelphia, Ismael Jimenez, joined Evening WURDs with Dr. James Peterson and talked about the […] todayFebruary 7, 2025
insert_link 2 Social Justice Phenomenal Black Writers: An Essential Reading List to Survive 2025 Celebrate Black History Month with WURD Radio by focusing on phenomenal Black Philly writers as we create our essential reading list to survive 2025. Please see the essential reading list from several Philadelphia Black writers below:Lorene Cary's RecommendationsThe Price of the Ticket - James BaldwinYour favorite Black children’s book and one new one to read to a child.See Origin, by Ava DuVernay, since a movie script is a powerful form […] todayFebruary 6, 2025 2
insert_link Featured Alarm around Musk’s DOGE probe of sensitive Treasury payment information The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the leadership of Elon Musk is already causing major privacy concerns around taxpayers' information. Associated Press Reporter Fatima Hussein joined Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones to break down how Musk’s newly acquired power has raised questions about how much power unelected officials can and should have. DOGE was created to eliminate governmental “waste” to make government agencies, such as the U.S. […] todayFebruary 6, 2025
insert_link Politics & Government 13 states mandate paid family leave. A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants Pa. to be next. Photo Courtesy of Amanda Berg / Spotlight PAKate Huangpu /Spotlight PAThis story first appeared in How We Care, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA featuring original reporting and perspectives on how we care for one another at all stages of life. Sign up for free here.Pennsylvania lawmakers plan to again propose a statewide program to financially support families during critical medical events such as giving birth and recovering from illness.Under current […] todayFebruary 4, 2025
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: Confronting anti-DEI, senior citizens organize tenant union, ICE raid in Northeast Philly Bill Dorsey of The Business Center and Brian Olgesby of the Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD to discuss the economic and political consequences of cutting DEI initiatives. Olgesby also emphasized the need for an aggressive approach to push back against DEI rollbacks. Residents of the Hardy Williams Veterans Senior Apartments in Southwest Philadelphia are facing serious security, safety and quality-of-life issues. They joined […] todayJanuary 31, 2025
insert_link Featured Will a tied state House halt Harrisburg again? Pa. Democrats won’t say. Photo Courtesy of Amanda Berg / Spotlight PA Kate Huangpu | Spotlight PA Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House is kicking off the new legislative session with an incomplete chamber after a representative unexpectedly died and left Democrats without their one-seat majority. Last […] todayJanuary 30, 2025
insert_link 1 Featured Power in Unity: Solomon Jones on Building the Black Agenda By Solomon Jones | WURD RadioAfter the 2024 election I realized that we needed a Black agenda, because our enemies have an agenda of their own.Their agenda is designed to stop Black progress, to hide Black history and to harm Black people. But our response can’t be about them. It must be about us. That’s why Black Philadelphians came together Saturday, Feb. 25, at Germantown’s Center in the Park, in […] todayJanuary 28, 2025 1
insert_link 4 206 Commentary ‘Reality check’ on health: A farewell from Charles Ellison todayApril 6, 2023 4 206 4
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