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"Caught in the Crush: How One of the Deadliest Hajj Accidents Unfolded" is from the September 6, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Sarah Almukhtar and Derek Watkins and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Why I Left White Nationalism" is from the November 26, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by R. Derek Black and narrated by Caroline Miller.

The role of social media in the events of the Arab Spring and its aftermath in the Muslim world has stimulated much debate, yet little in the way of useful insight. Now Haroon Ullah, a scholar and diplomat with deep knowledge of politics and societies in the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, draws the first clear picture of the unprecedented impact of Twitter, Facebook, and other means of online communication on the recent revolutions that blazed across Muslim nations.

It's on the television, in the papers, and in our minds. Every day we're bludgeoned by news of how bad everything is - financial collapse, unemployment, growing poverty, environmental disasters, disease, hunger, war. But the rarely acknowledged reality is that our progress over the past few decades has been unprecedented. By almost any index you care to identify, things are markedly better now than they have ever been for almost everyone alive.

"Living in China’s Expanding Deserts" is from the October 23, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Josh Haner, Edward Wong, Derek Watkins and Jeremy White and narrated by Caroline Miller.

Winner of the 2011 Strega Prize, this blend of essay, social criticism, and memoir is a striking portrait of the effects of globalization on Italy’s declining economy. Starting from his family’s textile factory in Prato, Tuscany, Edoardo Nesi examines the recent shifts in Italy’s manufacturing industry. Only one generation ago, Prato was a thriving industrial center that prided itself on craftsmanship and quality. But during the last decade, cheaply made goods - produced overseas or in Italy by poorly paid immigrants - saturated the market, making it impossible for Italian companies to keep up.