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 […] todayMarch 13, 2026
person_outline 14 32 Dr. James Peterson James Peterson, Ph.D. is a writer, educator, and consultant. Dr. Peterson is the Host of “Evening WURDS” on WURD (900AM and 96.1FM) in Philadelphia, PA. He is the author of several books, including The Hip Hop Underground and African American Culture, Prison Industrial Complex for Beginners, and Hip-Hop Headphones: A Scholar’s Critical Playlist. He is a columnist for The Philadelphia Citizen and has written for Fortune.com, Newsweek.com, The Guardian, The LA Times, Reuters, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, and The Grio.
