We Decide: America at the Crossroads
Hosted by Jenna Flanagan
WBAI-Pacifica in New York City
Produced by Jesse Lent
From the latest actions of the Trump administration to the efforts of labor movements across the country to attain fair pay and respectable working conditions, the Pacifica Network's new national program We Decide: America at the Crossroads with Jenna Flanagan looks for patterns across the major news events of the week and unpacks them with our nation's foremost progressive thinkers. Priority is given to upcoming elections in all 50 states as the country fights to keep from slipping further into the clutches of authoritarianism.
This week's show includes:
We Decide: America at the Crossroads HOUR 1:
A Block: Why did federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home?
Guests: Pauline Park, political scientist, co-host of OutFm on WBAI / David Levinthal, Washington DC correspondent and senior editor of The Washington Sun / Egberto Willes, host of KPFT's Politics Done Right
B Block: Did Western coverage of the Oct. 7 attacks affect Israel's response?
Guests: We Decide media editor Jesse Lent / author of The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Robin Andersen / author of Don’t Say Palestine: How the Media Manufactured Consent for Genocide Dr. Assal Rad / We Decide producer Misha Geracoulis, author of Media Framing and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage: News Narratives about Artsakh and Gaza
We Decide: America at the Crossroads HOUR 2:
C Block: How did local officials react to ICE shooting with 5-year-old in the car?
Guests: **exclusive footage of local officials and activists responding to last week's ICE shooting of Oscar Belgal, a 28-year-old from the Dominican Republic while his young son was in the car
D Block: Are US Catholic institutions ignoring the church's pro-union teachings?
Guests: Bishop William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School / RN Patrick Masters of SEIU Wisconsin / professor Chris Denny, president of the Faculty Association at St. John's University / Sophie Bell, acting president of St. John's University AAUP chapter / We Decide producer Bob Hennelly
Executive producers: Bob Hennelly (gm@wbai.org) fand Keziah Glow (pd@wbai.org)
Pacifica Network producers: Ursula Ruedenberg (ursula@pacifica.org) and Stephanie Schubert (stephanie@pacifica.org)
Audio engineer and technical director: Michael G. Haskins
B Block producer: Mischa Geracoulis
