Objection to the Rule

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 Venezuela releasing two American prisoners.

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 their equal pay lawsuit.

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 umbilical-cord blood.

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.