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This week on WURD: The Omicron variant explained, plus help for returning citizens

ICYMI: From pandemic news to police shootings, here’s a roundup of the biggest topics of conversation this week on WURD Radio.The Kim Potter Case: Linn Washington Jr. is a professor of journalism at Temple University, where he is a co-founder of the award-winning Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab. In addition to his Temple degrees, Washington holds a law degree from Yale University. He joined Wake Up With WURD to talk about the troubling case of Kim Potter, the former police officer […]

December 3, 2021

Business & Technology

Philly public works program lights the way to contracts for diverse talent

This story is part of a series called The Future of Work, which explores what work will look like as we move beyond the pandemic. It’s produced with funding from the William Penn Foundation and the Lenfest Institute for Journalism. WURD is one of more than 20 news organizations producing Broke in Philly, a collaborative reporting project on solutions to poverty and the city’s push towards economic mobility. Follow us at @BrokeInPhilly.By Taylor Allen | Plan Phillyhttps://vimeo.com/642896097Robin Miller’s fascination with […]

December 3, 2021

Finance

Thinking About Retiring Early? Things to Consider Before You Do

By Ted Quillen, CFP®, AIF® | WSFS BankFor many Americans the thought of early retirement can be very appealing. For those that enjoy their career, having the flexibility to spend more time with family, travel, play golf or enjoy other activities during “normal’ work hours can lead workers to contemplate early retirement.If you’re confident that you have the resources to live your desired lifestyle and are considering taking the next steps, here are a few points to consider as you […]

November 15, 2021

Evening WURDs with Nick Taliaferro

A Black-Owned Radio Station, a Presby Physician, and a Quest to Prevent Colon Cancer

By: Daphne Sashin | Penn Medicine NewsBlack Americans are more likely to get colorectal cancer — and even more likely to die from the disease — than any other racial or ethnic group in the United States. And while Black people experience health disparities across a host of diseases, colorectal cancer is largely preventable through screening. Furthermore, at-home stool testing kits — which take just a few minutes to administer and don’t require colon prep or a visit to the […]

November 11, 2021

Education

Philadelphia is fighting street violence through hospital and doctor visits

This story is part of the SoJo Exchange of COVID-19 stories from the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rigorous reporting about responses to social problems.By Peak Johnson | Solutions JournalismAs Philadelphia’s homicide count rises, community groups and medical professionals are using trauma-based cognitive therapies to better serve victims. Now, Portland and Chicago are following suit. When Jermaine McCorey was shot in North Philadelphia 11 years ago, he met someone at the hospital who would change his life. While lying […]

October 25, 2021

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Evening WURDs with Nick Taliaferro

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi discusses colorectal cancer diagnosis, importance of screening

As part of WURD Radio’s Go to Know campaign, award-winning author and professor Dr. Ibram X. Kendi joins Nick Taliaferro for a conversation about his life, fight and recovery from stage IV colon cancer.Dr. Kendi, a Temple University graduate, has written three books: “Stamped from the Beginning,” “How to Be An Antiracist” and “400 Souls.” He is a recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant and the W.E.B. DuBois Book Prize and is the Andrew W. Mellon professor in the humanities […]

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Criminal Justice

‘Just Mercy’ author: Roots influenced career fighting for wrongfully accused

Driven by the fight against racial inequality, attorney Bryan Stevenson, author of the bestseller “Just Mercy,” talked with Wake Up With WURD host Solomon Jones to discuss how his upbringing in a segregated Delaware led to his career fighting for the wrongfully accused. Stevenson also discussed little-known facts about northern states’ participation in the slave trade, his belief that equality can be a reality in this country and how the United States can correct its history of oppressing and brutalizing […]

October 19, 2021 3

Finance

Has Your Home’s Value Increased Significantly? Use It to Achieve Your Financial Goals

By Jeffrey M. Ruben | WSFS BankOver the past 18 months, home values throughout the Greater Philadelphia and Delaware region—and the country—have increased drastically.Fueled by still-low interest rates and the desire for living arrangements with more space has led to homeowners and first-time homebuyers alike searching at a feverish pace to acquire the house of their dreams.As a result of these forces, prices for homes have skyrocketed, and while appraised values may not reach potential selling price levels, homeowners looking to stay […]

October 15, 2021

ecoWURD

ICYMI: Watch highlights, panels at ecoWURD’s 2021 Environmental Justice Summit

On Indigenous Peoples Day 2021, WURD Radio hosted its Third Annual ecoWURD Environmental Justice Summit at Bartram’s Garden.This year’s summit kicked off with a welcome blessing by David Hughes, headman at The Eagle Medicine Band of Cherokee Indians, and a conversation with Reality Check host and ecoWURD Founder & Managing Editor Charles Ellison and Zulene Mayfield, founder of Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living. Ellison then led two thoughtful panel discussions. The first, which featured Ogbonna Hagins of Philly Green […]

October 14, 2021

Evening WURDs