Showing results for "In Camps" in Politics & Government

How China used a network of surveillance to intern over a million people and produce a system of control previously unknown in human history Novel forms of state violence and colonization have been unfolding for years in China’s vast northwestern region, where more than a million and a half...

The former dean of the Yale School of Management and Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration chronicles the 1971 August meeting at Camp David, where President Nixon unilaterally ended the last vestiges of the gold standard—breaking the link between gold and the...

In Reminiscences of My Life in Camp, Susie King Taylor shares her extraordinary journey as a Black nurse with the 33rd United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War. From her early days of enslavement in Georgia to her pivotal role in the Women’s Relief Corps, her memoir offers a profound glimpse into her life dedicated to service, education, and community. Taylors reflections provide not only a personal narrative but also insights into the state of the nation in the early 20th century, making her story both inspiring and historically significant. - Summary by ...

"Catastrophic' Conditions Reported in Camp for People Fleeing Boko Haram" is from the June 23, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Nick Cumming Bruce and Dionne Searcey and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Roma Poisoned at U.N. Camps in Kosovo May Get Apology and Compensation" is from the April 7, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rick Gladstone and narrated by Caroline Miller.

In her acclaimed 1993 book Denying the Holocaust, Deborah Lipstadt called David Irving, a prolific writer of books on World War II, “one of the most dangerous spokespersons for Holocaust denial.” The following year, after Lipstadt’s book was published in the United Kingdom, Irving led a...

The local roads were closed, with Secret Service agents, the state police and local law enforcement on patrol. Deep in a protective bubble, President-elect Donald Trump was holding court in his living quarters not long after his election, receiving would-be members of his future administration at his country club.

"Trump's 'Camp David North', in a New Jersey Town of Horses and Hay Trucks" is from the December 30, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Sarah Maslin Nir and narrated by Mike DelGaudio.

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW’ S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A gripping day-by-day account of the 1978 Camp David conference, when President Jimmy Carter persuaded Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to sign the first peace treaty in the modern Middle...

A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR From the preeminent historian of 20th century Spain Paul Preston, Architects of Terror is a new history of how paranoia, conspiracy and anti-Semitism was used to justify the military coup of 1936 and enabled the construction of a dictatorship built on violence...

A Most-Anticipated Book of the Year: Newsweek * Refinery29 “Timely and urgent . . . Pang is a dogged investigator.” —The New York Times “Moving and powerful.” —Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author Discover the truth behind the discounts. In 2012, an Oregon...

“The Way to the Spring is a riveting and powerful work . . . . Readers near and far who seek greater understanding of how Palestinians live—and the violence they endure—are well served by Ehrenreich’s book.” —Haaretz “Ehrenreich's haunting, poignant and memorable stories add up...

"U.S. Closing Pipeline Protest Campsite in North Dakota" is from the November 26, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Christopher Mele and narrated by Paul Ryden.