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Councilmember Rue Landau is a civil rights and housing attorney, a public school parent, and has worked as an attorney at Community Legal Services helping low-income renters in Philadelphia avoid illegal eviction from their affordable housing.

Councilmember Landau also served as the Director of the Fair Housing Commission, the city’s civil rights and housing enforcement agencies. During her 12-year tenure, Councilmember Landau transformed the agency into a national model for government and community engagement, social justice, and equitable opportunity.

She joined Dr. Peterson to talk about her recently passed Move-In Affordability Plan, and the city’s recently approved FY26 budget.

Senator Nikil Saval represents Pennsylvania’s First Senatorial District, which runs through the heart of Philadelphia. Senator Saval serves as Democratic Chair of the Senate’s Urban Affairs & Housing Committee, and leads the Senate’s Philadelphia Delegation.

He joins Dr. Peterson on Evening WURDs to to talk about SEPTA’s transit funding, the whole-home repairs program, and recent policy hearings regarding workers protections.

Hank Willis Thomas is an American visual artist. He joins Dr. Peterson on Evening WURDs to discuss more about his work, the Johnson Publishing Company, and more.

Mac Muir, previously the Supervising Investigator at New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, Executive Director of Oakland’s Community Police Review Agency, and author of the recently released book “COP COP: Breaking the Fixed System of American Policing.”

He joined Dr. Peterson to talk about his book, the connection to the 5th year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, and give us a perspective of why little has changed since then and what needs to be done as an insider who worked in the system that is responsible for holding the police accountable.

As WURD pushes back on attacks on the media, and reaches out toward our family of listeners, WURD President and CEO Sara Lomax joins us live in studio to talk about it.

Ben Olinsky is the Senior Vice President of Structural Reform and Governance, and senior fellow on the Economy team at the Center for American Progress.

He rejoined American Progress after serving as the special assistant to the president for labor and workforce policy under former President Barack Obama. At the White House, Olinsky helped craft the president’s agenda for labor and employment issues, including raising wages, protecting worker safety and health, advancing equal pay, combating discrimination, and creating pathways to jobs and opportunity.

He joins Dr. Peterson for this week's Center for American Progress segment on Evening WURDs to discuss the "No Kings" rally and deployment of the National Guards and Marines at recent Los Angeles protests.

Delphia Ridley is the Vice President of Development of the African American Museum of Philadelphia. She joins Dr. Peterson to discuss the Juneteenth Block Party happening at the African American Museum of Philadelphia this Thursday starting at 12PM.

Elaine Brown is a former Black Panther Party Chair, author, and CEO of Oakland & the World Enterprises, Inc. She joins Amadee Braxton to discuss her childhood in North Philadelphia, her involvement in the Black Panther Party, and her latest project–building deeply affordable housing in Oakland, California.

With Father's Day approaching, Andrew Morris joins the show to have a discussion about celebrating black fathers.

Bobby LaPin Aka, "Capt. Bobby", is the Owner Of Sail Local and Environmentalist: a tourist attraction in Baltimore, MD that uses boats to host events, give people cruises, tours, etc.

Bobby joins the show to talk about the recent oil spill in Baltimore, and its devastating impact. Beyond the environmental damage, this crisis highlights long-standing issues with John Hopkins Hospital and systemic neglect.