This week on WURD: John Legend on WURD, Senate race in PA, 76ers arena protesting

Grammy award-winning musician and UPenn graduate John Legend joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD. He discussed how his wife Chrissy Teigen’s pregnancy complications and miscarriage motivate the couple to campaign for Kamala Harris and reproductive rights.

South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn joined Wake Up With WURD to comment on the Pennsylvania senate race and other key elected positions that are on the ballot on Election Day.

Jackie Wiggins, Gail Loney and Debbi Wei are activists with the Stadium Stompers. They joined Amadee Braxton on Solutions to share about Wei’s one-day arrest and her experience protesting the 76ers arena proposed for construction on Market Street.

M. Asli Dukan is a filmmaker. Her film Sundown Road follows three HBCU students who are left stranded in a sundown town. Dukan joined Tonya Pendleton on Reality Check to discuss how she endured a similar experience while filming in West Chester, Pa.

Mia Ives-Rublee is senior director for the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress. Ives-Rublee joined Dr. James Peterson on Evening WURDs to discuss her article about Project 2025’s detrimental impacts on disabled people, as well as the importance of federal involvement to counter discriminatory practices.