Objection to the Rule

Reese, Jasmin and Janet talk about a mask ban that passed in Nassau County, NY, the global conflicts that the US is currently involved in despite Biden's campaign promises, racist mobs wrecking havoc throughout the UK, and Algerian Olympians making history at Paris Summer Games.

Jasmin, Janet and Reese talk about controversial changes to how residents can and can't get trees cut down in Westchester, the police murder of a Black woman in Illinois who called 911 for help, the violent state crackdown on student protesters in Bangladesh, and advances in cancer treatment for children.

Reese and Jasmin discuss car accident deaths outpacing gun deaths in NYC so far in 2024, the machinations of a secret group of wealthy Christian conservatives seeking to make the US a white, Christian nation, and France bussing immigrants out of Paris ahead of the summer 2024 Olympic games.

Jasmin, Alyssa and Matthew discuss federally-run nursing homes in NYC not being inspected for 15 months or longer, a white Nebraska man shooting 7 of his Guatemalan neighbors before killing himself, and the UK Labour Party winning snap election in a landslide.

Janet, Jasmin and Reese talk about the New York City police commissioner burying NYPD brutality cases, the plans to purge federal workers not politically aligned with Trump should he win the 2024 election, and President Ruto of Kenya agreeing to back off on tax hikes following widespread youth-led protests.

Matthew and Jasmin discuss a proposed mask ban on NYC subways, the US Supreme Court upholds access to abortion pills, and a Florida jury finding Chiquita Banana liable for extrajudicial killings in Colombia.

Janet, Jasmin and Reese talk about a Brooklyn school winning an exemption from a new city-wide mandated literacy curriculum, former President Trump found guilty on 34 federal charges, and Mexico on the verge of electing a woman president, a first in North America.

Jasmin and Matthew talk about India's election, the dangers of qualified immunity per a US federal judge, and an non profit called The Birthday Party Project that helps kids in shelters celebrate their birthdays.

Reese, Jasmin and Matthew discuss leaked chats showing wealthy Americans encouraging Mayor Adams to send police after Columbia protesters, and anti-mask bill advancing in North Carolina, and France's attempts to suppress an uprising of the native Kanak population of New Caledonia.

Matthew and Jasmin talk about the NYPD crackdown on the Gaza solidarity student encampment at CUNY City College, the possible undercounting of human cases of bird flu (H5N1) in the US and the popularity of raw milk influencers during the bird flu outbreak, and the devastating consequences of extreme heat in Southeast Asia.

Matthew and Jasmin discuss Columbia's crackdown of the student-led Pro-Palestine encampment on campus, the US Supreme Court allowing a lower court ruling to stand which threatens the rights of protest organizers, Nestlé adding extra sugar to baby formula and cereals sold in the Global South, and the origins of 4/20.

Reese and Jasmin discuss the decision not to punish officers who killed Kawaski Trawick in his own home in 2019, the police killing of Dexter Reed in Chicago, the shocking stabbing attack in a Sydney, Australia shopping mall, and the untimely passing of Atlanta producer Rico Wade.

Matthew, Jasmin and Reese talk about Mayor Adams' plan to put weapons scanners in NYC subway stations, the current H5N1 (bird flu) outbreak in the United States, and Mexico suspending diplomatic relations with Ecuador after Ecuadorian police raid the Mexican embassy in Quito.

Janet, Jasmin and Reese talk about the stabbing death of Samyia Spain in Brooklyn, a recent terrorist attack in Moscow that killed over 100 people, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders' propose a Green New Deal for public housing.

Jasmin and Reese discuss the shooting that took place inside the Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station, US Vice President Kamala Harris' visit to a Minnesota abortion clinic, and Haitian gangs seeking a seat at the table politically as Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns down.

Janet, Reese and Jasmin talk about a music therapist in NYC who helps dementia sufferers, attacks on DEI programs from the right wing, and an extreme anti-LGBTQIA+ bill that recently passed in Ghana.

Matthew, Jasmin and Reese discuss an escalation of Trader Joe's anti-union tactics, the self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell, the US dropping aid in to Gaza, and Ruth Gottesman's donation to the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in the Bronx making tuition free for its students.

During the last 2024 Black History Month episode, Reese and Jasmin talk about the sad passing of Flaco, New York City's free-flying Eurasian eagle-owl, a Texas judge ruling that a school can legally punish a Black student for his hairstyle, and the escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan.

Reese, Matthew, and Jasmin discuss the NYPD union trying and failing to block reforms to how they respond to protesters, the DC council advances an amended "Secure DC" tough-on-crime bill with some amendments, Senegal's President Macky Sall postpones this year's presidential election.

Reese and Jasmin talking about a young father killed at an illegal construction site in Brooklyn, US librarians facing smear campaigns, death threats and more from far-right extremists, an Irish nationalist being appointed First Minister of Northern Ireland, and a blood test that can detect brain cancer.

Jasmin, Reese and Janet talk about a NY midwife who was paid to give children homeopathic pellets instead of vaccines, GOP governors support TX Governor Abbott's defiance of federal government at US/Mexico border, an update on South Africas' genocide case against Israel before the International Court of Justice, and thousands pardoned for cannabis possession in US.