In the A Block, we begin with our political panel and the escalating violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the escalating violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Our panel includes Laura Jedeed, a writer at FirewalledMedia.com and an Army veteran of two tours in the war in Afghanistan, Egberto Willes, host of KPFT's Politics Done Right, and sitting in for David Levinthal this week, Pauline Park, a political scientist and the co-host of Out-FM on WBAI.
In the village of Qusra, three Palestinian families have been effectively trapped in their homes as Israeli settlers attempt to take control of their property. Palestinian-American homeowner Loui Ridi traveled from Ohio to confront settlers outside his family's home, while U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, a longtime supporter of Israeli settlements, has now condemned attempts to seize Palestinian-American land, calling the actions criminal.
We'll also look at Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's celebration of the demolition of Palestinian homes inside Israel and ask whether we're witnessing a broader escalation in displacement and settler violence.
Then, Washington turned into a racetrack this weekend for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, an IndyCar race through the nation's capital that capped celebrations marking America's 250th anniversary. We'll look at the spectacle, the politics surrounding it, and the message the Trump administration is trying to send.
Also, another surprise victory for the Democratic Party's left flank. Angie Nixon, a democratic socialist and former union organizer, defeated establishment favorite Alex Vindman in Florida's Democratic U.S. Senate primary, despite being dramatically outspent. What does another insurgent victory tell us about where Democratic voters may be heading?
And a landmark trial in Oakland asks whether META deliberately designed Instagram and Facebook to keep children hooked. We'll look at what the case could mean for Big Tech and the growing fight over who bears responsibility for the impact social media is having on young people.
Plus, a U.S. citizen is facing prosecution after deleting data from his phone rather than turn it over to federal agents. His case is raising new questions about digital privacy, government searches and just how much control Americans have over the information stored on their own devices.
And finally, America's national debt has crossed another extraordinary threshold: 40 trillion dollars. We'll break down how we got here, what that number actually means and how worried Americans should be about it.
In the B Block, we turn from politics to the human experience of war.
Every morning at 9 a.m., Ukrainians across the country stop for a national moment of silence to remember those killed since Russia's invasion. Pacifica's We Decide producer, Ursula Ruedenberg takes us inside that daily ritual and what it means for a country still living through war.
Then, in the second hour, starting with the C Block, we turn back to the growing national fight over immigration enforcement and policing.
Pacifica producer Jesse Lent brings us a panel discussion examining calls to defund or abolish ICE and the police, the arguments behind those movements, and what supporters believe should take their place.
And finally, in the D Block, we're taking a look at something most Americans rarely get to see: the machinery behind the country's deportation system.
The ICE Flight Monitor is a data project that tracks and documents U.S. immigration enforcement flights, offering a window into where detainees are being moved, where deportation flights are going, and government operations that can otherwise remain largely outside public view.
We'll look at what that data reveals and why tracking those flights matters.
Jenna had an in depth conversation with Robyn Barnard, vice-president for Refugee & Immigrant Rights with Human Rights First, who's been fighting to protect the human rights of ALL people since 1978.
We'll look at what that data reveals and why tracking those flights matters.
We Decide: America at the Crossroads with Jenna Flanagan:
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.
