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The Assata Alignment

By Dr. James Peterson | WURD RadioTraditionally, when Black legends transcend—artists, educators, entertainers, and especially revolutionaries—we say, Rest in Power. With the transcendence of Assata Shakur, this phrase becomes not only a farewell but a charge. It is a discursive summoning of spirit, a reminder of the weight carried by those who dared to love Black people enough to resist.Assata’s story is singular in the history of Black resistance in the United States. Her life defies the limits of fiction—it is too complex, […]

todayOctober 14, 2025

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This week on WURD: National Guard in Chicago, exhausted while Black, the resilience of Black women

Cleopatra Draper is the midday host for WURD's sister station, WVON in Chicago. Draper joined Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones to discuss the public response to the deployment of the National Guard and ICE to Chicago. She also weighed in on the current mood in the city and how these actions are impacting the Black community.Dr. McKinley Melton, an associate professor and chair of Africana Studies at Rhodes College, appeared on Evening WURDs with Dr. James Peterson and spoke about his […]

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WURD Radio Honors Founder and Community Leaders at 2025 Gala

WURD Radio marked its annual Founder's Day Gala on Friday, Oct. 3, gathering supporters at the Fairmount Park Horticulture Center to celebrate the station's legacy, honor its founder, and recognize community impact across Philadelphia. The evening served as a tribute to the life and vision of WURD founder Walter P. Lomax Jr., M.D., whose dedication established the state's only Black-owned talk radio station.The event spotlighted the contributions of the 2025 Community Impact Award recipients. This year's honorees were: Loree D. […]

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This week on WURD: Remembering Assata Shakur, Ali Velshi on shutdown and democracy, gridlock in Harrisburg

Ali Velshi, award-winning MSNBC journalist and host of Velshi, joined Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones to discuss the looming government shutdown, Donald Trump’s alarming comments about using the military in U.S. cities, and the broader threat of rewriting American history. Velshi also previewed MSNBC’s Live 25 event in New York City. Pam Africa, MOVE member and longtime activist, joined Wake Up With WURD to reflect on the life and legacy of Assata Shakur — from meeting her in […]

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The Defenders: Why Black Americans Are the Backbone of American Democracy

By Dr. James Peterson | WURD RadioFrom the brutal bondage of slavery to the barricades of the Civil Rights Movement, from the ballot boxes of Reconstruction to the protest power of Black Lives Matter, Black Americans have cultivated the critical infrastructure of American democracy. Time and again, we have rescued it, resurrected it, and relentlessly defended it.Through centuries of exclusion, terror, and systemic oppression, Black communities have forced this nation to reckon with its own promises. In every era when democracy has faltered—when […]

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This week on WURD: NJ city’s slavery reenactment request, activism through politics, the spiritual successor to “Love Jones”

Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Melanie Burney and Salem County NAACP president Nelson Carney joined Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones to discuss a controversy in Salem, N.J., where Black students were asked to participate in a slave reenactment for the city’s 350th anniversary celebration. The request, made by Betsy McBride on behalf of the nonprofit Stand Up for Salem, sparked outrage and led to her termination. Independent filmmaker Nicholas 'Sixx' King joined The Midday Break Room with Tiffany Bacon to […]

todaySeptember 26, 2025

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A pivotal moment for free and independent journalism in PA

By Christopher Baxter | 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. There are more forces at work than ever to silence free and fearless reporting, and there are fewer resources than ever to undertake the independent, unbiased investigative journalism that keeps our government honest and ensures it ultimately answers to “We the People...”. That work is […]

todaySeptember 23, 2025

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This week on WURD: Actress Starletta DuPois, Michael Coard’s fight to protect Philadelphia’s Black history, DA Larry Krasner on the National Guard

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner joined Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones to discuss the Trump Administration’s deployment of the National Guard in Democratic-led cities, many with Black mayors. Krasner argued that such actions are unconstitutional without a genuine emergency, warning they could pave the way toward dictatorship. He also shared what everyday citizens can do to protect themselves and their communities should the National Guard come to Philadelphia.Dr. Starletta DuPois is an American actress with a career spanning […]

todaySeptember 19, 2025

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Black America should care that Charlie Kirk was murdered. Here’s why.

By Dr. James Peterson | WURD RadioPhoto Credit: Gage Skidmore | This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.Charlie Kirk is dead.The 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA was shot dead this week, allegedly by a 22-year-old white man from Utah, according to reports from the FBI and Utah officials. While details are still emerging, one thing is clear: Charlie Kirk is gone from this plane, but his ideas and the reaction to his death are very much alive.Most Black people […]

todaySeptember 16, 2025

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