Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel appeared on Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones to discuss critical topics, including the use of deadly force by Philadelphia police, the role and authority of the Citizens Police Oversight Commission (CPOC) and tips for staying safe during the holiday season.Linn Washington, Jr., a professor of journalism at Temple University, joined Wake Up With WURD to talk about the Sixers arena controversy, the history of […]

Dr. Ayana T. Hardaway is the founder and editor in Chief of Wildflowers & Co. Publishing. She joined Dr. James Peterson on Evening WURDs to discuss her new book "From Crack Mother to Wildflower: Writing to Transgress—The Sankofa Writing Method," which takes a deep-dive into Black woman-centered groups during the 80’s crack epidemic. Laura C. Chavez-Moreno is a qualitative scientist and author of “How Schools Make Race Teaching Latinx Racialization […]

District Council 33 President Greg Boulware represents a majority of unionized city workers. Boulware spoke to Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD about how the union could potentially head into a “city shutdown” as they negotiate a new contract. Dr. Lyra Monteiro joined Dr. James Peterson on Evening WURDs to discuss the revelation that Penn Museum has been keeping even more remains of victims of the 1985 MOVE bombing, likely a […]