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Nonie Darwish lived for thirty years in a majority Muslim nation. Everything about her life?family, sexuality, hygiene, business, banking, contracts, economics, politics, social issues, everything?was dictated by the Islamic law code known as Sharia. But Sharia isn't staying in majority Muslim...

Black Market Billions blows the lid off the world's fastest-growing illicit industry: organized retail crime. Hitha Prabhakar reveals how criminals with ties to terrorist groups around the world are committing huge product thefts, and using the profits to fund terrorist acts. Prabhakar connects the dots and follows the money - from consumers dying for a deal to terrorist cells eager to do the killing.

Bestselling author Bethany McLean reveals the true story of fracking's impact -- on Wall Street, the economy and geopolitics. The technology of fracking in shale rock -- particularly in the Permian Basin in Texas -- has transformed America into the world's top producer of both oil and natural...

"Record 65 Million Displaced by Global Conflicts, UN Says" is from the June 20, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Somini Sengupta and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"America's Global Campaign for Gay Rights" is from the March 25, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Ernesto Londoño and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"China Finds Its Global Ambitions Humbled in Its Own Backyard" is from the May 18, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael Forsythe and Austin Ramzy and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The price of bitcoin has been buoyed by increased interest from places like Venezuela, where the local currency has lost much of its value, and India, where the government recently removed the largest cash notes from circulation.