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WURD AND PHILADELPHIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PARTNER TO SUPPORT BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES

May 20, 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWURD AND PHILADELPHIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PARTNER TO SUPPORT BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSESIn their ongoing commitment to connect Philadelphians with jobs and business development opportunities, WURD Radio joins forces with The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia for a strategic partnership. PHILADELPHIA, PA – WURD Radio (96.1FM | 900AM | @onwurd | wurdradio.com | WURD App) recently launched a job portal through its Lively-HOOD initiative to connect its audience to employment opportunities in […]

May 20, 2021 25

Politics & Government

Heard on WURD: Philadelphia District Attorney Candidates Krasner And Vega Debate in Final Days Ahead of May 18 Primary Election

The May 18 primary election in Pennsylvania features a number of city-wide and state judicial races, in addition to several ballot questions. In our special #WURDonPolitics Election coverage, the last public debate between the Democratic Party candidates running for District Attorney in the City of Philadelphia happened Wednesday, May 12, exclusively on WURD Radio. Incumbent District Attorney Larry Krasner went against challenger and former Assistant District Attorney Carlos Vega as WURD hosts Charles Ellison, Solomon Jones, and Joann Bell asked […]

May 13, 2021

Commentary

Solomon Jones remembers Rev. Leroi Simmons

By Solomon Jones | WURD RadioSometimes you meet people who influence you in ways you can’t immediately see.Leroi Simmons did that for me. He called me one Saturday out of the blue while I was outside with my children. At the time I had just debuted a self-published CD called Wisdom, which I’d crafted from radio commentaries I’d done back in 2005.I didn’t know how he got my number, but he said he wanted ten of them, so I drove […]

May 13, 2021

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Criminal Justice

Police claimed Daunte Wright’s death was an accident. I don’t believe that’s true.

Solomon Jones | The InquirerI don’t care that Kim Potter, the police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright during a car stop, has resigned. I don’t care that Police Chief Tim Gannon stepped down either. I’m still enraged, because Wright didn't have to die.It happened Sunday in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota—a suburb just 10 miles from the Minneapolis courthouse where former officer Derek Chauvin is being tried on murder charges in the death of George Floyd. Wright was pulled over […]

April 14, 2021 2

Coronavirus

Heard On WURD: Nick Taliaferro Interviews Dr. Ashish Jha

By Ngakiya Camara | WURD RadioDr. Ashish Jha, medical physician and Dean of Brown University, joined Nick Taliaferro on Evening WURDs to discuss the future of this pandemic as well as vaccine rollout initiatives. Analyzing the potential of yet another rise in cases, Dr. Jha stresses that although there will be an increase in hospitalizations and deaths, this surge will be nowhere near as deadly as those we’ve witnessed over the course of the year due to more folks getting vaccinated. […]

April 6, 2021

Commentary

Chauvin murder trial: George Floyd’s death must not be in vain

By Solomon Jones | Inquirer.comAs the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who is accused of killing George Floyd by mercilessly pressing his knee against Floyd’s neck, begins this week, I am convinced that Black people need healing as much as we need justice.There is a persistent heartache that comes with the knowledge that some of those who are sworn to protect Americans believe that doing so involves killing citizens who look like me. That pain […]

March 31, 2021

Blogs

ONE YEAR OF COVID: TRANSFORMATION (RE)DEFINED

By Syreeta Martin | The Philadelphia CitizenA WURD radio host and entrepreneur reflects on the four “Fs” that have come to the forefront this year: family, finances, fitness and faithThe past year was a transformative force. Anytime transformation occurs there is disruption in its onset, disorientation in its presence and, oftentimes, destruction, in its wake.An immediate Google search of the word “transformation” delivers this top definition: a thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance.Does the world look and feel like […]

March 31, 2021

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Coronavirus

“PUTTING RACE AT THE FOREFRONT”

By Katherine Rapin | The Philadelphia CitizenAt Penn Medicine, white workers were three times more likely to sign up for a vaccine than Black workers. Dr. Florencia Greer Polite and fellow Black physicians set out to change that with a program getting noticed across the countryAccording to a new vaccination data tool put together by the Philadelphia Department of Health, white Philadelphians are getting vaccinated at twice the rate of Black residents. As of March 13, 21.9 percent of white […]

March 25, 2021 2

Blogs

Heard On WURD: BWLC Interviews Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw

By Ngakiya Camara | WURD RadioWURD was joined by Philadelphia’s Commissioner Danielle Outlaw for a conversation regarding her rise in ranks as well as her intention to reform Philadelphia’s Police Department. Outlaw emphasizes that, in not coming from a family legacy of policing, she held many of the same stigmas regarding police as most Black communities do. As a sophomore in High School, however, her friend would ‘dare,” her to sign up for a career exploration program which exposed her to […]

March 25, 2021

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