On Tuesday, millions watched the blue wave sweep races across the nation as Americans pushed back on the last two years of President Trump’s regime that has left them less than satisfied. The first half of his presidency has been marked by aggressive immigration crackdowns, historically high unemployment rates for Black women, surging prices driven by tariffs and conflict with Iran, and unwavering support for Israel. For the remainder of […]
Angela Hanks, chief of policy programs at The Century Foundation, joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD to discuss President Trump's unmet economic promises ahead of the midterm election. A recent Associated Press poll found that about eight in 10 Americans say the economy or cost of living is among their top issues heading into the election. Hanks pointed to the stagnant job market and wages, along with rising […]
Perhaps Washington's Reflecting Pool should stay exactly as it is. Its mess reflects ours. By Dr. James Peterson The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become an unironic reflection of the current administration. The Reflecting Pool is supposed to center the architecture of American democracy – the Washington Monument, the Lincoln […]
Angela Hanks, chief of policy programs at The Century Foundation, joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD to discuss President Trump's unmet economic promises ahead of the midterm election. A recent Associated Press poll found that about eight in 10 Americans say the economy or cost of living is among their top issues heading into the election. Hanks pointed to the stagnant job market and wages, along with rising […]
Linn Washington Jr., Philadelphia Tribune columnist, former journalist and retired Temple University journalism professor, joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD to discuss the Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy and its mounting costs. Washington called the policy cruel and wasteful, while also pointing to Philadelphia’s low voter turnout as […]
📚: Martin Luther King III is reveling in happiness following historic election wins in his home state of Georgia and other places like Mississippi, where Scott Colom will become the first Black Senator since 1881. “The nation perhaps by and large was very happy to see us begin to take […]
