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This week, Jasmin, Reese, and Emily discuss a shortage of family court lawyers in New York, President Biden going back and forth on student loan forgiveness, dangerous heat wave in India and Pakistan, and encouraging reforestation efforts in Burundi.

This week Jasmin, Reese and Emily talk about the accused subway shooter, Frank James, being denied bond, an increase in deaths among the unhoused on American streets, refugees from Ukraine being welcomed in many places where non-white, non European refugees have faced discrimination, and some encouraging news about keeping a lid on the global temperature.

Reese, Jasmin and Emily talk about NYS Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin resigning amid corruption scandal, the police killing of Congolese immigrant Patrick Lyoya in Michigan, a boat carrying migrants off the coast of Libya capsizes, its 35 passengers confirmed or presumed dead, and the Spanish parliament voting to grant personhood to lagoon named Mar Menor.

Jasmin, Reese and Emily discuss Amazon workers voting to unionize on Staten Island, the five fetuses found in the home of a radical anti-abortion activist, Pope Francis apologizing for the Catholic Church's role in abusing indigenous children in Canada, and how methane is being used to make a plastic alternative.

Reese, Jasmin and Emily talk about regular New Yorkers reporting commercial vehicles for idling and collecting a portion of the fines, the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Taliban going back on a promise to keep schools for girls open in Afghanistan, and the discovery of explorer Ernest Shackleton's shipwrecked vessel "Endurance".

Jasmin, Emily and Reese discuss an equal pay for women rally in New York City, the Texas Supreme Court ruling against abortion providers, the arrest of a Russian anti-war protester who crashed a televised news broadcast, and a program in India designed to prevent food waste and raise wages for rural farming households.

Reese, Jasmin and Emily talk to Chief Vincent Mann, the Turtle Clan Chief of the Ramapough Lenape Nation, and Dr. Judith Zelikoff of NYU's Department of Environmental Medicine about the environmental hazards facing the Ramapough Lenape Nation in New Jersey, then they discuss victims of the opioid crisis confronting members of the Sackler family in bankruptcy court, and the implications of Venezuel...

Jasmin, Reese and Emily discuss NYC ending its COVID-19 contact tracing program in late April 2022, a tragic mass shooting in a Sacramento, CA church, background on the Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the US government setting aside billions in aid to manage wildfires.

Emily, Jasmin and Reese discuss Mayor Adams' plans to dismantle all homeless encampments in the NYC subway system and also to erect protective barriers in select stations, Governor Greg Abbott ordering Texas state agencies to investigate reported instances of transgender kids receiving gender-affirming care as child abuse, Colombia decriminalizing abortion, and the US Women's soccer team settling...

Reese and Jasmin discuss the murder of Christina Yuna Lee, a Korean-American woman living in Manhattan's Chinatown, in her own home, the funeral of Amir Locke who was killed by the police during the execution of a no-knock warrant in Minneapolis, the trucker protests in Ottawa from the perspective of local residents, and a New York woman being cured of HIV after receiving a transplant with umbilic...

Reese, Emily and Jasmin discuss unionizing efforts in NYC Starbucks' locations and the steps of forming a union, the origins of St. Valentine's Day, Nestle agreeing to give cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast direct cash payment so help curb child labor, the growing wild tiger population, and Superbowl memories and predictions.

Reese, Jasmin and Emily discuss reports of healthcare workers at some NYC run COVID vaccination sites discouraging pregnant people from getting their COVID vaccines, recent bomb threats at several HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), the complex situation surrounding plastic recycling in Senegal, and a judge blocks oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico.

Jasmin, Reese, and Emily discuss noise pollution with Dr. Graham Dove, a Tennessee school board banning Art Spiegelman's graphic novel "Maus", the tragic death of an Indian family trying to migrate to Canada, and a former foster child donating prize money to help other children in the system.

Reese, Jasmin and Emily talk about the deadly fire that took place in a Bronx public housing building, how Biden's infrastructure spending may or may not help solve sewage problems in Alabama's Black Belt, the death of retired landmine-sniffing African Pouched Rat Magawa in Cambodia, and New York State's Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act.

Jasmin, Reese and Emily talk about staff shortages and other issues in NYC public schools due to COVID, the COVID-19 Federal Bureau of Prisons home confinement program, the resignation of Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal, the troubling anti-feminist movement in South Korea, and Brazil's government taking action against illegal timber schemes.

Reese, Jasmin and Emily revisit three stories from 2021 to bring in the New Year - updates on ICE detention in NJ, the January 6th Commission, the suspects arrested for assassination of Haitian President Moise, and some positive COVID news.

Reese, Jasmin and Emily discuss NYC's natural gas ban, Kentucky candle factory workers suing their employer over their handling of a tornado warning, suicide rates among housewives in India, and ways to discuss climate change that don't inspire apathy or inaction.

Jasmin, Emily and Reese discuss NYC granting voting rights to some non-citizens in local elections, the fallout from exposed racist text messages sent within a Torrance, CA police department, a silent strike in Myanmar to protest the military government, and a plan to build a wall of oysters in NYC to combat flooding.

Reese, Emily and Jasmin discuss the introduction of 2 safe injection sites in New York City, the recent school shooting in Oxford, MI, Barbados becoming a republic and removing Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state, and some good news about the Great Barrier Reef.

Reese, Jasmin and Emily discuss plans to replace Coney Island's wooden boardwalk with recycled plastic, Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William Bryan found guilty of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a power struggle over control of cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Thames in London being declared no longer "biologically dead".

Emily, Jasmin and Reese talk about a growing rat problem in NYC, Julius Jones' death sentence being commuted in Oklahoma, a disturbing provision in a UK citizenship bill that would allow the government to revoke citizenship without warning, and the US and China coming together on climate.

Jasmin, Reese and Emily talk about a slowdown of trash pickups in Staten Island and elsewhere in NYC in response to the city's vaccine mandate, Howard University students protesting mold and vermin in their downs, and ISIS posing a threat to Afghanistan's new Taliban government.

Reese, Emily and Jasmin discuss the myth of tainted Halloween candy, the prevalence of belief in the supernatural among Americans, new DNA analysis of mummies found in Northwest China, and Dr. Fauci saying it's safe for kids to trick or treat this year.

Reese, Emily, and Jasmin discuss NYC declaring racism a public health crisis, a deadly shooting on the set of the film Rust, the UK beginning to check the social media and medical records of gun license applicants, and some positive news related to climate change.

Reese, Jasmin and Emily discuss a NYS judge siding with workers who want to seek religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, lead contaminated water in the majority Black city of Benton Harbor, MI, Spain attempting to acknowledge its fascist past and honor those killed under Franco, and Biden restoring environmental protections for some national monuments.