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‘The people live here’: First Philly-run mass vaccination clinics target underserved neighborhoods

By Ximena Conde | WHYY.orgPhiladelphia opened on Tuesday its first city-run mass COVID-19 vaccination site for eligible residents in Phase 1B. The clinic at North Philly’s Martin Luther King Jr. Older Adult Center is one of three opening this week with the aim of making the vaccines easy to access in traditionally underserved neighborhoods.“There’s been this discussion about these large-scale facilities, and that’s all great — drive-throughs, Convention Center — […]

February 23, 2021

Press Release

A Message From WURD Radio President and CEO, Sara Lomax-Reese Regarding Cody Anderson

It is with a very heavy heart that we acknowledge the passing of radio icon Cody Anderson. According to his family he passed peacefully on Saturday evening. Cody was instrumental in breathing life into WURD and shepherding it over our almost 20 years, first as General Manager and most recently as a beloved host, mentor and friend. Like his biological family, the WURD family will miss him deeply. But we […]

February 21, 2021

Commentary

Dear journalism students: Feeling dispirited? Try covering more than just problems

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 Sara Catania | Solutions Journalism NetworkGoing into her senior year as a journalism major at FAMU, Nallah Brown was having serious doubts about her chosen career path.She wanted to make a difference with her reporting, but she knew for certain that she […]

February 20, 2021

Education

Philly schools delay reopening amid stalled dispute with teachers union

By Avi Wolfman-Arent | WHYY.orgThe School District of Philadelphia is delaying its plan to return some students to classrooms due to ongoing mediation with the teachers union — postponing from Feb. 22 to March 1.The decision comes amid a dispute with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, which opposes returning members to buildings until all are fully inoculated against COVID-19.The district and the union had agreed to a plan to return to schools […]

February 19, 2021

Coronavirus

Philly should use the schools reopening debate to fix longer-term problems | Opinion

By Tajma Cameron | Inquirer.comAs author Adrienne Maree Brown wrote, “Things are not getting worse, they are getting uncovered. We must hold each other tight and continue to pull back the veil.” For communities of color, COVID-19 has compounded the inequities prevalent in K-12 schools as virtual instruction has replaced face-to-face instruction for the foreseeable future. School closures and the transition to remote learning have resulted in millions of students […]

February 16, 2021

News

Ice storm threat for Philly region as more severe weather looms

By NBC 10 Staff | WHYY.orgIce storm warnings have been issued for northern and western counties as the Philadelphia region and Lehigh Valley brace for a potential ice storm.A mix of sleet and freezing rain is moving into our area Monday afternoon, with dangerous amounts of freezing rain expected Monday evening into Tuesday morning north and west of Philadelphia.NBC10 has issued a First Alert for the weather, which could make […]

February 15, 2021

Business & Technology

Black Digital Bank First Boulevard and Visa Partner to Bridge Racial Wealth Gap with Crypto

By Monica Melton | The PlugThe racial wealth gap has ballooned after 41% of small Black-owned businesses were forced to shutter because of the coronavirus pandemic. Since 2016, the average white American family has had a net worth of $171,000, ten times the net worth of $17,150 for the average Black family. The pandemic further aggravated systemic racism and financial hardships.Now, Visa and a new neobank First Boulevard are taking on the challenge, using crypto as […]

February 15, 2021

Coronavirus

FEMA could take over Philly Fighting COVID’s old mass vaccination site | Coronavirus Newsletter

By Ellie Silverman | Inquirer.comTL;DR: The Federal Emergency Management Agency is in talks with Philadelphia to run a mass vaccination clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The city and FEMA have not finalized plans. Patients who succumbed or barely survived new coronavirus strains had certain conditions that made them the perfect hosts for the virus to mutate.Continue Reading at Inquirer.com THE WURD WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Black Talk Media sent straight to […]

February 12, 2021

Business & Technology

The Gaming Industry Isn’t Diverse. This Philadelphia Based Founder Is Trying To Change That

By Jewel Wicker | The PlugNicodemus Madehdou used video games to connect with a new culture and make friends when he moved from Monrovia, Liberia to Philadelphia at 9-years-old. Games like RuneScape, a multiplayer fantasy game, helped Madehdou bridge cultural differences. Now his video game production studio is hoping to help diversify the industry.“I didn’t know anybody, I didn’t have any friends and I didn’t know how to start that […]

February 12, 2021

News

Sara Lomax-Reese, CEO of WURD, Speaks on Her Station’s Legacy

Sara Lomax-Reese is the president and CEO of WURD, the only African-American owned talk radio station in Pennsylvania and one of only three of its kind in the nation. She speaks about the importance and evolution of her station. NBC10’s Jacqueline London has the story. THE WURD WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Black Talk Media sent straight to your inbox. BECOME A MEMBER The forWURD Movement is your way toprotect and preserve Independent […]

February 11, 2021

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