Objection to the Rule

Jasmin, Emily and Reese discuss the indictment of the suspected killer of a beloved Queens delivery worker, the growing anti-vaccine movement in the United States, mass arrests and arbitrary detentions in El Salvador, and a package of bills in NYC that would expand access to affordable childcare in the five boroughs.

Jasmin, Reese, and Emily discuss the affordable housing crisis in NYC, mental health care access among Asian-American & Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in the US, concerns about the expansion of MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying) in Canada, and some background on AAPI heritage month.

Jasmin, Reese and Emily discuss NYC Mayor Adams' BolaWrap controversy, the racist mass shooting Black people in a Buffalo, NY supermarket, and updates of the COVID response by the governments of China and North Korea.

Reese, Emily and Jasmin discuss a New York woman's lawsuit against the NYPD for breaking her arm in late 2020, the baby formula shortage in the United States, the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu-Akleh in the line of duty, and gains in the use of wind and solar energy.

Jasmin, Reese, and Emily talk about the leaked draft SCOTUS opinion that threatens to overturn Roe v. Wade, a pro-choice rally in Foley Square, NY Attorney General Letitia James sharing her abortion story and showing support for abortion rights, the state of abortion rights around the world, and various state legislatures bolstering abortion protections in the US.

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".