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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.