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insert_link Featured This Week on WURD: Democratic sweep in nationwide elections, Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race, Kevin Powell on Black masculinity todayNovember 7, 2025
insert_link 1 Featured This week on WURD: National Guard in Chicago, exhausted while Black, the resilience of Black women todayOctober 10, 2025 1
insert_link 2 Featured This week on WURD: DC police takeover, mental health at work, Black immigrant rights todayAugust 15, 2025 2
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: Philly’s mental health crisis, attack on civil rights, new student loan law todayJuly 17, 2025
insert_link News This week on WURD: Voting rights act weakened, a Thanksgiving performance to remember, caring for your mental health during the holidays and more todayNovember 29, 2023
insert_link ICYMI Joanna McClinton Makes History Plus Abbott Elementary talks Mural Arts todayMarch 7, 2023
insert_link ICYMI Steps You Can Take to Decrease Breast Cancer Plus: January 6 Hearing Update todayOctober 24, 2022
insert_link ICYMI Black-led nonprofits in Philadelphia still face funding barriers todayJune 28, 2022
