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With telling anecdote and detail, Pulitzer Prize-winner David K. Shipler explores the territory where the Constitution meets everyday America, where legal compromises - before and since 9/11 - have undermined the criminal justice system’s fairness, enhanced the executive branch’s power over citizens and immigrants, and impaired some of the freewheeling debate and protest essential in a constitutional democracy.

Award-winning authors Julian E. Zelizer and Karen J. Greenberg bring together the nation's top political scientists, historians, and legal scholars to examine how the lack of stability and integrity of the electoral process has become a threat to national security. Contributors outline how these problems have emerged and propose concrete solutions to move us into a period of greater stability. At once urgent and comprehensive, Our Nation at Risk is the preeminent book on election security and a must listen for anyone invested in the fight for democracy.

At Risk Radio is an audio production of Spirit of Martyrdom who Internationally Serves Leaders Who Risk Much For Jesus. Each podcast includes a variety of reports directly from the field in restricted and unreached regions of the world. Be inspired by personal stories of faith being tested, perspectives of the Holy Spirit transforming lives, and biblical insights to the global work. We will equip you with ways to apply these observations to your life and grow as a leader and courageous influencer to this broken world and oppressed people. SOM International hopes the podcast will encourage you ...

The Scholars at Risk Queen’s Committee provides a forum to discuss and coordinate Scholars at Risk (SAR) activities and initiatives across Queen’s University campus. The committee was struck in 2019 and works closely with the Scholars at Risk (SAR) network and other organizations dedicated to protecting threatened scholars worldwide. The podcast features stories of scholars at risk that Queen’s has hosted on campus to talk about their experiences.

"Taiwan and Hainan at Risk of Zika Spread, Scientist Warns" is from the March 08, 2016, Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Keith Bradsher and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"El Niño Storms Put Pacifica Cliff Apartments at Risk" is from the U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Ashley Southall and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

From the authors of The Big Shift and Empty Planet, a timely and provocative exploration of the seismic forces reshaping Canada’s political, cultural, and economic landscape. Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson’s explosive new polemic, arrives in the midst of the greatest political crisis...

This fearless, deeply reported book about laboratory accidents asks the haunting question some elite scientists don’t want the public to entertain: Did the COVID-19 pandemic start with a lab leak in Wuhan, China? This is an obvious question. Yet there’s been an extraordinary effort by...

"Turning A Million Eyes To Save Lives" is a podcast co-production of Innocents at Risk and Studio C. Since 2005, Innocents at Risk has been working to raise awareness about the horrors of child trafficking in America and around the world. In 2008, Innocents at Risk launched the Flight Attendant Initiative to train flight attendants, who are our first line of defense in spotting and reporting situations of trafficking, and a year later, Innocents at Risk founder Deborah Sigmund took the Flight Attendant Initiative to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). An official protocol was ...

Free to Think features conversation with interesting, thoughtful, and inspiring individuals whose research, teaching, or expression falls at the always sensitive intersection of power and ideas. We'll be speaking with those who have the courage to seek truth and speak truth, often at great risk, as well as with those who support them and share their stories. Free to Think is a podcast presented by Scholars at Risk, where we celebrate people with the courage to think, question, and share ideas. For information on membership, activities, or donating to Scholars at Risk, visit ...

"Toddlers Are at Highest Risk for Chemical Burns to the Eyes" is from the September 12, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Catherine Saint Louis and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"At CDC, a Debate Behind Recommendations on Cellphone Risk" is from the Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Danny Hakim and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Experts Study Risks of Zika Virus Spreading at Rio Olympics
" is from the Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Simon Romero and Rebecca R. Ruiz and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"South Korea's Whistleblowers Sound off at Their Own Risk" is from the November 08, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Kristi Burns.

At 15, Victor Rios found himself a human target - flat on his ass amid a hail of shotgun fire, desperate for money and a place on the street. Faced with the choice of escalating a drug turf war or eking out a living elsewhere, he turned to a teacher, who mentored him and helped him find a job at an auto shop. That job would alter the course of his whole life - putting him on the road to college and eventually a PhD.

‘There’s water in the engine,’ he said. ‘The engine has stopped.’ This changed everything… Surviving the Storms brings together incredible first-hand accounts of rescues carried out by the remarkable RNLI lifesavers. In this collection of heart-wrenching and life-affirming missions...