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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: Supporting the Black autism community, achieving Black diasporic unity, and advocating for affordable Philly housing

Dr. Rosa Clemente is an Afro-Puerto Rican activist and independent journalist. Dr. Rosa joined Dr. James Peterson on Evening WURDs to delve into the relations between Puerto Ricans and Black Americans, while exploring ideas of how to promote solidarity in times of division. Camille Proctor is the founder and executive director of The Color of Autism, a nonprofit she founded in 2009 providing services for African American families with children […]

March 21, 2025

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Turn frustration into action by supporting local journalism that gets results

Dani Fresh / For Spotlight PAChristopher Baxter of Spotlight PAWhen Luen Ng died at 75 after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Northeast Philadelphia, few people outside her family knew her story.But a Spotlight PA investigation revealed something that should concern every Pennsylvanian: for months before her death, the agency tasked with protecting vulnerable older adults failed to act with urgency despite clear warning signs of self-neglect and dementia. […]

March 19, 2025

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This week on WURD: DJ Jazzy Jeff, U.S. Department of Education cuts concern Black educators, CCP workers authorize strike

Photo Courtesy of MikaV | This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Sharif El-Mekki is the founder of the Center for Black Educator Development. He spoke with Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD about what budget cuts to the Education Department could mean for Black children and what Black educators and parents should do. DJ Jazzy Jeff is a legendary DJ and West Philadelphia native. He spoke with Dr. […]

March 14, 2025

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A Tax Reform Plan Even Progressives Can Love?

Larry Platt / Philadelphia Citizen Photo courtesy: Chris Mansfield In Philly, it’s been a longstanding challenge, the gulf between one’s national political perspective and the realities on the ground here. To wit: If you’re a proud supporter of the American labor movement — as well you should be — for a long time that meant turning a blind eye to thuggery and shady backroom dealings locally. Or: You may shake your […]

March 13, 2025

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Flying Horses and White Lights: The American Merry-Go-Round of History

By James Peterson | WURD RadioOver 190 years ago, on a sweltering August evening in 1834, Philadelphia erupted in an episode of violence that would forever shape the history of Black Philadelphia—a riot sparked by a squabble over a merry-go-round. Known in history as the Flying Horses Riot, this explosive moment underscored the deeply entrenched racial tensions of early 19th-century America and also laid bare the complex interplay between leisure, […]

March 11, 2025