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Election 2026: Understanding What’s At Stake

With Election Day approaching on November 3, WURD is bringing you the conversations that matter as voters prepare to head to ...
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This Week on WURD: Sexual assault allegations at Cornell, microplastics in the Delaware River, Pennsylvania’s universal healthcare push

Dr. Janet Rosenzweig, child sexual abuse prevention expert and author of The Sex-Wise Parent, joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up ...
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Attack on the Safety Net: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Benefits

Changes are coming to health coverage in Pennsylvania—and thousands of families will have to navigate new requirements to ...
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Learning in a World We Didn’t Make: James Peterson on Nikole Hannah-Jones’s School Experience

Nikole Hannah-Jones’s recent New York Times Magazine essay about the life-altering decisions Black parents make in educating our children is, for me, even more powerful than The 1619 Project. The 2019 ...
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This Week on WURD: Press fights back, Coltrane at 100, holding on to health benefits

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 ...
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This Week on WURD: Attack on America’s safety net, educational dilemmas for Black families, and Parker at 1,000 days

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 ...