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In Gang Politics, Kristian Williams examines our society's understanding of social and political violence, what gets romanticized, misunderstood, or muddled. He explores the complex intersections between "gangs" of all sorts—cops and criminals, Proud Boys and Antifa, Panthers and skinheads—arguing that government and criminality are intimately related, often sharing critical features.

This thought-provoking book examines gang history in the region encompassing West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Known as the El Paso-Juárez borderland region, the area contains more than three million people spanning 130 miles from east to west. Mike Tapia examines this region by exploring a century of historical developments through a criminological lens and by studying the diverse subcultures on both sides of the law.

Queen of Thieves is the gritty, fast-paced story of Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum, a poor Jewish woman who rose to the top of her profession in organized crime during the Gilded Age in New York City. During her more than twenty-five-year reign as the country’s top receiver of stolen goods, she accumulated great wealth and power inconceivable for women engaged in business, legitimate or otherwise.

The FBI is suffering its worst crisis ever. The integrity and reputation built over a century is in jeopardy. In 2016, the FBI Director - along with several other senior executives from the Bureau and Justice Department - attempted to falsify one of the most significant presidential elections in American history. Retired FBI agent John Ligato takes you behind the scenes into the bowels of the Bureau's culture and explains how it happened - and how to fix it.

DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans uncovers the truth about how corporations have bought the American electoral and legislative process through the power of lobbyists, campaign contributions, and political action committees. Using historical details, such as the development of the two-party system and the advent of third-party candidates throughout U.S. history, DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans exposes how the two major parties have allowed corporations, businesses, and politically-motivated wealthy individuals to manipulate elections.

WHY HILLARY, OBAMA, AND THE ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ARE NO BETTER THAN A GANG OF THIEVES In the fall of 2014, outspoken author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza found himself hauled into federal court for improperly donating money to an old friend’s Senate campaign. D’Souza pleaded guilty and...

In the spirit of Evicted, Bait and Switch, and The Big Short, a shocking, heart-wrenching investigation into America’s housing crisis and the modern-day robber barons who are making a fortune off the backs of the disenfranchised working and middle class—among them, Donald Trump and his inner...

"Gang Violence at Rikers Seizes Spotlight during Guards' Beating Trial" is from the May 29, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Winnie Hu and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Gang Violence on Long Island Fuels Fears and Immigration Debate" is from the October 2, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Liz Robbins and Alan Feuer and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"A Surge of Families Moves Northward, Away from Gangs" is from the November 12, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Kirk Semple and narrated by Paul Ryden.

"Echoing a Film Plot, Chinese Gangs Kill Drifters in an Elaborate Mining Scam" is from the August 10, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Chris Buckley and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Burundi's Forces Are Engaging in Gang Rape, U.N. Official Says" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Nick Cumming Bruce and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"First Arrest Made after Gang Rape of Teenager in Brazil" is from the May 28, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Christopher Mele and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Quest for a New Life Ends in a Tangle of Gang Ties" is from the August 24, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by James C. Mckinley Jr. and Al Baker and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"A Mother Tried to Escape Gangs. Bullets Found Her Daughter." is from the November 16, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Julie Bosman and Catrin Einhorn and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Murder Trial Plumbs Gang Violence, Adding to a Family's Pain" is from the April 10, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by James C. Mckinley Jr. and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"United States of Paranoia: They See Gangs of Stalkers" is from the June 10, 2016, US section of The New York Times. It was written by Mike Mcphate and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"Killers on a Shoestring: Inside the Gangs of El Salvador" is from the November 20, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Oscar Martínez, Efren Lemus, Carlos Martínez and Deborah Sontag and narrated by Kristi Burns.