Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II joined guest host Candace Johnson on the Midday Break Room to argue that the church belongs in ...

TUNE INTO WURD Radio’s “Ready, Set, Grow” special broadcast panel titled “Ready for 2026: Getting Your Business in Order.” The session will air during Evening WURDS on Tuesday, Jan. 27, from 5:00 p.m.

Despite national efforts to whitewash the truth, we proudly launch Freedom Journeys—a bold storytelling initiative honoring 250 extraordinary African-American Philadelphians who have shaped this city ...

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 ...

WURD Radio What if the whole universe were inside your refrigerator? My daughter, an educator, tells a story about an ...

By Dr. James Peterson | WURD Radio As we honor Jackie Robinson this month, the irony of this moment could not be sharper—or more sobering. Jackie Robinson, the man who shattered baseball’s color line, ...

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Hosted by Dr. James Peterson, Evening WURDS is a daily news program dedicated to engaging the WURD community through a critical analysis of the news, culture, and arts stories that resonate with our ...

Get ready to start your Sunday mornings with an hour-long deep dive into the local political news of the week. Join Ernest Owens on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. for “On the Record.” Ernest will be ...

By Charles Ellison On Tuesday, April 4, we shared our very last broadcast of Reality Check with Charles Ellison on WURD Radio. That happened after a full month of being off the airwaves, dogged by a ...

You’ve watched ecoWURD, our groundbreaking environmental justice journalism initiative, grow over the past few years from an idea to a movement. And ecoWURD is not only having conversations, it is ...