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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: Colom Makes History, Losing Healthcare Access, Holiday Prep

📚: Martin Luther King III is reveling in happiness following historic election wins in his home state of Georgia and other places like Mississippi, where Scott Colom will become the first Black Senator since 1881. “The nation perhaps by and large was very happy to see us begin to take a different position,” King told Solomon Jones during Wake Up With WURD. “Fulfillment comes in delivering levels of service that now those who will be in charge will have to […]

November 13, 2026

Race & Diaspora

Kimberlé Crenshaw: The election just gave us the ability to fight another day.

“The election just gave us the ability to fight another day. And that ‘another day’ is now,” Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw told Dr. James Peterson on Wednesday's Evening WURDs, reflecting on the Midterm race. Crenshaw is a pioneering scholar on critical race theory (CRT) and the co-founder and executive director of the African American Policy Forum. Her civil rights advocacy and legal work span decades and have been instrumental in shaping […]

November 13, 2026

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In His Own Words: Walter P. Lomax Jr., M.D. on Consciousness, Success and Empowerment

In 2002, Dr. Walter Lomax sat down for an interview with Ken Bridges, co-founder of the MATAH Network, who was tragically killed later that year in the D.C. sniper attacks while returning from a meeting at Dr. Lomax’s farm in King William, Virginia. In this insightful conversation, Dr. Lomax reflects on the early experiences that shaped his racial consciousness, his path to success, and his commitment to the economic empowerment […]

November 10, 2026

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Recapping WURD’s Comprehensive Midterm Election Coverage

On Tuesday, millions watched the blue wave sweep races across the nation as Americans pushed back on the last two years of President Trump’s regime that has left them less than satisfied. The first half of his presidency has been marked by aggressive immigration crackdowns, historically high unemployment rates for Black women, surging prices driven by tariffs and conflict with Iran, and unwavering support for Israel. For the remainder of […]

November 6, 2026

Politics & Government

This Week on WURD: Voters force a political shift as the blue wave changes the landscape

🗞️: Chris Rabb, the U.S. Representative-elect for Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District, says Democrats have to show Americans in the next two years that they are prepared for a post-Trump reality. Rabb, who defeated his opponent with nearly 95% of the vote, is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and ran a campaign focused on addressing affordability, the climate crisis and fully funded education.He joined Solomon Jones on Wake […]

November 6, 2026