insert_link Featured This Week on WURD: Chávez allegations, DHS leadership, media threats, Target boycotts & Black womanhood WURD RadioEmma Garcia, reporter with El Tecolote, joined Dr. James Peterson on Evening WURDs to discuss the emergence of allegations of sexual abuse and rape against César Chávez. Among the survivors of the alleged abuse are children and young women, including famed activist Dolores Huerta. Garcia discussed the tension between legacy and accountability.Levi Rickart, editor and publisher of Native News Online, joined Evening WURDs to discuss Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma and his potential leadership of the U.S. Department of […] todayMarch 20, 2026
insert_link Featured This Week on WURD: Vaccine Misinformation, Voting Rights, DEI Backlash & Middle East Conflict Dr. Giridhar Mallya, senior policy officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, joined Dr. James Peterson on Evening WURDs to discuss the recent measles outbreak and the confusion many parents are facing around vaccines. Mallya warned that misinformation and cuts to public health funding are helping fuel the resurgence of a disease once thought eliminated in the United States.Andrew McGinley, vice president of policy for the Committee of 70, joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD to break down […] todayMarch 13, 2026
insert_link News WURD Exclusive Coverage: U.S., Israel attacks on Iran trigger conflict in Middle East and uncertainty around the globe Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) in support of Operation Epic Fury, Feb. 28, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine conduct a press briefing on Operation Epic Fury at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, March 2, 2026. (DOW Photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist James Mullen) U.S. Sailors repair a panel on an E/A-18G […] todayMarch 6, 2026
insert_link Featured This Week on WURD: Jesse Jackson’s legacy, colorectal health, Eagles drama & BAFTA controversy WURD Radio Bill Fletcher Jr., labor activist, author and columnist, joined Solutions with Amadee Braxton to reflect on the legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson and the lasting impact of the Rainbow Coalition. Fletcher discussed Jackson’s role in expanding Black political power and argued that the coalition-building strategies he championed remain urgently relevant today. Dr. Veronica Jarido, a health advocate and gastroenterologist, joined guest host Candace Johnson on the Midday Break Room in recognition of Colorectal Cancer Month. She discussed rising […] todayMarch 6, 2026
insert_link 4 2 Featured Trump’s Iran chaos is not a bug. It’s a feature. By Dr. James Peterson | WURD Radio“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.” – Herbert HooverThis nation is at war again. Or perhaps more precisely: Donald Trump is at war again.It is stunning to think that in a record-setting State of the Union address, for all of his baiting and bloviating, for all of his lies, this president did not dare to make the case before the American people that his administration had deemed Iran an […] todayMarch 3, 2026 2 4
insert_link Featured State of the Union: Trump’s Account Versus What Americans Are Really Feeling Solomon Jones | WURD RadioOn Tuesday, Donald Trump will deliver the State of the Union Address. When he does, he’ll share the personal stories of everyday Americans and tell us his policies are working. He’ll cite studies and statistics to assure us that things are fine. But, I don’t think he’ll be speaking from experience. I doubt that Trump goes to the supermarket like the rest of us. I doubt that he personally sees the cost of everyday items like the rest […] todayFebruary 26, 2026
insert_link Featured This Week on WURD: Schools, Art, Olympics & Joe Frazier WURD Radio Arthur Steinberg, president of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD to discuss proposed school closures. He warned of “devastating” impacts on neighborhoods, staff morale, and enrollment. Steinberg said the district has not provided enough underlying data to explain why specific schools were selected.Eleanor Nairne, curator of modern and contemporary art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, joined Tiffany Bacon on Midday Break Room to highlight the exhibition of late California painter Noah […] todayFebruary 20, 2026
insert_link Featured When justice had a megaphone: The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s life in full voice Credit: Eric Guo; cropped by Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:54, 18 May 2010 (UTC), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons URL Media | Ovetta Wiggins The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., a civil rights icon, gifted orator, and politician whose presidential campaigns changed the landscape of American politics, died Tuesday, according to NPR. He was 84. Jackson, who was initially diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2017, died after a more than 10-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a neurodegenerative condition that affects body […] todayFebruary 19, 2026
insert_link Featured I Am Jesse Jackson – Dr. James Peterson Photo by Eric Draper. Credit: LBJ Library from Austin, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsDr. James Peterson | WURD RadioWhen I was little, my parents told me I would be the first Black president of the United States.Being that young and impressionable, I believed them. What I did not yet understand was the architecture of possibility. I did not grasp the mathematics of improbability, the long odds, the history, the resistance. I did not know what it would require for such […] todayFebruary 19, 2026
