This week on WURD: A history of police brutality in Philadelphia, counting the 2020 votes, for-profit evictions and more

Temple professor Linn Washington joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up with WURD to speak about the history of police brutality in Philadelphia alongside the Eddie Irizarry case now that video footage of the shooting has been released.

https://soundcloud.com/onwurd/wake-up-with-wurd-w-solomon-jones-82323-linn-washington

Omar Sabir, Philadelphia city commissioner, joined Tonya Pendleton on Reality Check to discuss what happened when he was at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Nov. 5, 2020, to help tally the votes of the presidential election.

https://soundcloud.com/onwurd/reality-check-82323-omar-sabir

Councilwoman Jamie Gauthier joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up with WURD to talk about the reinstatement of the city’s for-profit eviction system following several evictions in which tenants were shot. 

https://soundcloud.com/onwurd/wake-up-with-wurd-w-solomon-jones-82223-councilwoman-jamie-gauthier

The RIDGE Network – an organization of students, alumni, parents and community members in the Pennridge School District – joined Andrea Lawful Sanders on The Source to discuss pushing back against the Pennridge School Board’s recent extremist actions.

https://soundcloud.com/onwurd/the-source-w-andrea-lawful-sanders-pennridge-school-district-82223

Eric Roberson is a songwriter and producer for notable artists such as Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild, Dwele and more. He joined Carol Riddick on Love and Life to have a conversation about his journey through the music industry as an independent artist.

https://soundcloud.com/onwurd/love-life-eric-roberson-82123