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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.

Mothers of Missing People in Mexico Protest Government Inaction - Vermont May Become 1st State to Make Big Oil Pay for Climate Damage - A New Kid-Friendly Visitation Room at Rikers' Island Ahead of Mothers' Day

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.