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insert_link 9 Commentary Opinion: No Family Should Go Hungry—Fund the Food Banks todayApril 23, 2025 9
insert_link 2 18 Featured Official Statement from WURD Radio Regarding the Black Doctors Directory todayApril 9, 2025 18 2
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: DJ Jazzy Jeff, U.S. Department of Education cuts concern Black educators, CCP workers authorize strike todayMarch 14, 2025
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: Philly budget, mass firings, cancer disparities in Black women and continued attacks on DEI todayFebruary 28, 2025
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: Eagles bring home Lombardi trophy, Super Bowl parade, Morris Chestnut on WURD todayFebruary 14, 2025
insert_link 2 Events Writing as Liberation: Honoring Black Writers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art todayFebruary 13, 2025 2
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: President Donald Trump’s flurry of executive orders, federal protection roll-back sparks fear in Philadelphia, PA politicians rally for communal resilience todayJanuary 24, 2025
