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 potentially decisive in statewide elections. Barth Beasley, singer-songwriter, pianist and actor, joined Tiffany Bacon on The Midday Break Room to discuss his forthcoming album, Welcome to Studio B, and a […]

Deborah Roberts, co-anchor of 20/20 and ABC News senior national affairs correspondent, joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD as the program begins its 49th season. Roberts called President Trump’s mounting attacks on press freedom a concern for all Americans, urging journalists to demonstrate credibility and integrity amid political pressure on news organizations. Stefan Roots, mayor of Chester, Pa., joined Ernest Owens on On the Record to discuss Philadelphia’s proposed continued use of ReWorld’s Chester incinerator. Roots called the […]

Dr. Elena McDonald and Dr. Delana Wardlaw, board-certified physicians known as the Twin Sister Docs, joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD to discuss Pennsylvania’s worsening measles outbreak. They stressed that unvaccinated people with underlying conditions face heightened risks of severe complications as the state’s outbreak approaches 700 cases and has now been linked to four deaths. Ben Hovland, senior fellow for democracy policy at the Center for American Progress and former U.S. Election Assistance Commission commissioner, joined Dr. […]

WURD Radio was live from Washington, D.C., Sept. 16-18 for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 55th Annual Legislative Conference, an annual gathering of elected officials, policy leaders, advocates, entrepreneurs, public servants and community leaders from across the country. Throughout the conference, conversations tackled some of the most urgent issues facing Black communities, including voting rights, maternal and mental health, artificial intelligence, education, economic policy, entrepreneurship and persistent health disparities. Speakers and attendees debated the challenges and what policy, organizing and […]