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2023 Empowerment Experience Photo Gallery

On Saturday, December 9, WURD Radio celebrated Black commerce, the holidays, and the spirit of ujamaa at our annual Empowerment Experience marketplace. More than 25 vendors, selling high-quality items like eyeglasses, crocheted goods, dolls, health supplements, clothing, books, beauty products and much more, gathered in the Family Life Center at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church East. For five hours, WURD welcomed the public to shop, eat and have fun alongside friends and […]

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This Week on WURD: Media accountability in politics, the holiday stress on mothers, environmental justice in Chester, and the legacies of Jimmy Jam and Laiya St. Clair

Malcolm Kenyatta, Pennsylvania State Rep. and DNC Vice Chair, joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD to break down Donald Trump’s latest speech, calling it a cascade of falsehoods amplified by corporate media incentives. Kenyatta challenged claims about inflation and wages, pointing to rising unemployment as a key economic warning sign. He argued that media consolidation are encouraging networks to prioritize access and ratings over accountability. Future Cain, founder and CEO […]

December 19, 2025

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This week on WURD: The fight over Warner Bros., equitable access to AI tools, the toll of mass incarceration

Film critic Tim Gordon joined Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones to talk about the shift occurring in the media landscape due to the bidding war between Paramount and Netflix over Warner Bros. Discovery. Gordon highlighted the tension between market consolidation and political influence, and the negative consequences for consumers and media integrity.Joy D. Calloway is the president and CEO of the Black Women’s Health Imperative, which focuses on […]

December 12, 2025

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This week on WURD: $5 million URL Media grant, tensions in Venezuela, Black farmers and the government shutdown

Dr. Nola Haynes is a national security and foreign policy expert. She joined Wake Up with WURD with Solomon Jones to discuss the lack of information surrounding the shooting of two National Guard soldiers, the implications of potentially illegal Venezuelan boat strikes, and the failure of peace negotiations in Ukraine.Author Dante King joined The Midday Break Room with Tiffany Bacon to break down his latest book, "Diagnosing Whiteness & Anti-Blackness: […]

December 5, 2025

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This Week on WURD: ICE and immigration, “The Coroner’s Silence,” abortion as a human right

Dr. Timothy Golden is a visiting professor of Philosophy at Whitman College. Golden joined Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones to discuss the interconnected nature of President Donald Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship and his racially motivated immigration policies, emphasizing the threat they pose to Black Americans' rights.Dr. Kostiya Peki is the market director for Dedicated Senior Medical Center and he joined The Midday Break Room during Sassy Seniors to talk […]

November 26, 2025

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This Week on WURD: Grammy and Tony Award winner Heather Headley, DA Larry Krasner on crime in Philadelphia, Philadelphia’s porch pirate issue

District Attorney Larry Krasner joined Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones to talk about Philadelphia's reduction in crime and incarceration, the threat to democracy under the Trump administration, and new allegations against current and former Philadelphia police officers who were charged with defrauding tax payers by working second jobs with the youth program "Guns Down Gloves Up" while on duty as police officers. R&B singer and Tony/Grammy award winner Heather Headley joined Tiffany Bacon […]

November 21, 2025