WHUR Contributor Blog
“How he treated me made me look at him different, like, Wow! That’s how the friendship kind of transitioned into what it is today.”
Read More
In the article, Michelle Obama reveals how she balances her career and family, her happiest days in the White House, and gives advice for all ladies out there on how to find there own Barack Obama.
Read More
“It’s very alarming, very worrisome,” van Duin said. He said death rates of under 20 percent have occurred in previous outbreaks, compared with almost half of patients affected this month at the Wanaque Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Haskell, New Jersey.
Read More
“I will not allow a generation of children to become addicted to nicotine through e-cigarettes,” Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, said in a statement.
Read More
In a 2014 interview with Playboy Stan Lee said, “You know, my motto is ‘Excelsior.’ That’s an old word that means ‘upward and onward to greater glory.’ It’s on the seal of the state of New York. Keep moving forward, and if it’s time to go, it’s time. Nothing lasts forever.”
Read More
‘Megyn Kelly Today’ was cancelled two weeks ago following her comments about blackface Halloween costumes. It seems that fans and viewers alike don’t miss Kelly one bit, because since then the ratings for the 9 A.M. time slot have grown noticeably.
Read More
Her music works in complete harmony with the film, it is a perfect combination. Working with Sade was a powerful experience — we had many deep conversations about the song which is extremely heartfelt and moving. I feel so lucky that she has made this beautiful song for my film,” director Steve McQueen said.
Read More
“From our very first conversations, he showed me that he wasn’t afraid to express his fears and doubts, or that he might not have all the answers,” Obama says in the December/January issue of ESSENCE. “Just as important, I saw who he was not only in the way he treated me but in the way he interacted with others outside of our relationship. He showed me that he respected women by the way he treated his mother, his sisters, and his grandmother.”
Read More
“Becoming” describes Obama’s upbringing on Chicago’s South Side and her transition to college at Princeton University. As she does in her book, she recounted Tuesday being raised in a family that struggled economically — but with parents who encouraged her to be successful.
Read More
Today is the day of our 41st annual Food2Feed Thanksgiving Drive! We are accepting food and monetary donations around the station on Georgia Ave and Bryant St until 7 p.m. Volunteers began collecting donations at 6 a.m. and regardless of the cold weather everyone is in great sprits. Last year with the help of our listeners WHUR was able to raise almost $10,000 and tons of non-perishable goods. Let’s make that happen again this year! If you can’t make it out to the station you can call the Food2Feed phone bank operator at 202-462-0285 and our SunTrust operator will take …
Read More