Showing results for "In a Dark Time" in Politics & Government

Today, liberalism faces threats from across the political spectrum. While right-wing populists and leftist purists righteously violate liberal norms, theorists of liberalism seem to have little to say. In Liberalism in Dark Times, Joshua Cherniss issues a rousing defense of the liberal tradition, drawing on a neglected strand of liberal thought. Assaults on liberalism - a political order characterized by limits on political power and respect for individual rights - are nothing new.

From the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference there was a concerted international effort to stop climate change. Yet greenhouse gas emissions increased, atmospheric concentrations grew, and global warming became an observable fact of life. In this book, philosopher Dale Jamieson explains what climate change is, why we have failed to stop it, and why it still matters what we do.

"Batteries That Make Use of Solar Power, Even in the Dark" is from the November 21, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Stanley Reed and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"A Man Is Shot in the Back, and Only the Police Are Kept in the Dark" is from the December 14, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by James C. McKinley Jr., Ashley Southall and Al Baker and narrated by Caroline Miller.

A charismatic leader, a warrior whose prowess in battle earned him the epithet Whiteblade, an exiled prince who returned to claim his birthright, the inspiration for Tolkein's Aragorn: Oswald of Northumbria was the first great English monarch, yet today this legendary figure is all but forgotten. In this panoramic portrait of Dark Age Britain, archaeologist and biographer Max Adams returns the king in the North to his rightful place in history.

"Air China's Magazine Criticized over Warning About Dark-Skinned People in London" is from the September 08, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Edward Wong and narrated by Fleet Cooper.