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Taylor Frazier McCollum is an environmental advocate. She joins the show to talk about the planned data center campus in Landover, MD. The largest on the East Coast. This $5 billion project promises jobs and tax revenue, but also massive energy demands and environmental strain. Local communities are not here for economic gains against long-term consequences like increased utility costs, water usage, and neighborhood impact.

Staff Sergeant Jabbar Magruder is a retired member of the Army National Guard. He joined Amadee Braxton on Solution to discuss the military occupation of Washington, DC.

Bishop Dwayne Royster, Executive Director of Faith In Action, discusses his opinion piece about how we have to be the midwives for a new democracy.

Flora Cardoni is the Deputy Director of PennEnvironment. She joins the show to talk about a new report highlighting the benefits of Philadelphia schools going solar. The study reveals how solar adoption could cut pollution, save millions in energy costs, and reduce strain on Pennsylvania’s grid. Leaders across education and government are pushing for this clean energy future to protect both students and communities.

Ernest Crim III is an Emmy-nominated producer and antiracist educator, who uses Black historical narratives to empower and educate through a culturally equitable lens. He joined Dr. Peterson on Evening WURDs to discuss the National Guards being sent to Washington DC and the possibility of them going to Chicago and other major cities.

Ellie Rushing is a Philadelphia Inquirer journalist who covers criminal justice and law enforcement in Philadelphia, including how crime and the court systems impact communities. She joined Dr. Peterson on Evening WURDs to discuss the retrial of Tyree Musier for a 2008 homicide.

Sista Milele and co-host David Barnes are joined by students as well as the staff, who are a part of the Luther Vandross Foundation.

In 2009, William Johnson was wrongfully convicted of a 2005 murder despite being acquitted two years earlier at a trial built on faulty testimony. At his retrial, a co-defendant’s written statement was used against him, even though that co-defendant admitted he had lied and refused to testify. William had no chance to question him. The PA Innocence Project investigation uncovered major flaws, including problems with one witness’s testimony and an undisclosed recantation from another. They were also able to present DNA evidence in William’s favor. In 2023, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania asked the court to dismiss the charges, citing “egregious” constitutional violations. William won relief.

Even while incarcerated, he stayed close to his large family writing children’s stories for his niece, some of which are now being published.

He joined Dr. Peterson to share his story on this week's premiere of the "Exonerated: The Cost of Wrongful Conviction" segment on Evening WURDs.