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1 week ago | wurdradio.com | Kiara Santos

Congresswoman Lauren Underwood of Illinois joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD to discuss the recent House Republican budget proposal, which she said cuts healthcare and nutrition programs to fund tax breaks for the rich. She emphasized the importance of flipping key PA House seats to ensure access to essential services like Medicaid and SNAP. Ellie Rushing is a criminal justice reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer.

2 weeks ago | wurdradio.com | Kiara Santos

George Floyd mural Mauerpark Berlin | Photo Credit: Leonhard LenzCongressperson Mary Gay Scanlon joined Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones about Donald Trump’s recent jet gifted by Qatar. Scanlon spoke about how the present is unethical and unconstitutional and the plans to investigate Trump’s deal. George Fatheree is the founder of the Black Land Loss Narrative Archive Project.

3 weeks ago | wurdradio.com | Kiara Santos

Ras Baraka, Mayor of Newark, We Shall Not Be Moved Rally, Washington DC – Photo by Lorie ShaullLinn Washington is a journalism professor at Temple University. Washington spoke with Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD about the truth behind the recent Trump executive order which has given refugee status to 59 white Afrikaners from South Africa, claiming they’re the victims of genocide.

4 weeks ago | wurdradio.com | Kiara Santos

Sharif El-Mekki is the founder and CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development. El-Mekki joined Reality Check with Tonya Pendleton to talk about how his organization in Philadelphia is trying to get more Black teachers in classrooms and how they’re working through Donald Trump’s anti-DEI initiatives. Dominique London is the executive director of the nonprofit UC Green and a tree tender volunteer.

1 month ago | wurdradio.com | Sabrina Iglesias

By Sabrina Iglesias | Love Now MediaThe way survivors and co-survivors of gun violence are taught to heal from gun violence can be formulaic: talk to your loved ones, seek therapy, and take anti-anxiety medications. But the path to healing isn’t the same for everyone, and these solutions aren’t a fix-all. For many folks seeking a remedy to the emotional pain they have experienced, the key has been access to nature and green spaces.