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As more and more people align themselves with the Palestinian people, Palestine in a World on Fire provides the global perspective and analysis needed to inform how we forge ahead on this path of newfound solidarity. Editors Ilan Pappé and Katherine Natanel have gathered a collection of interviews that are intimate, challenging, and rigorous—many of them conducted before October 7th but still startlingly prescient.

For more than a decade, Katherine Zoepf has lived in or traveled throughout the Arab world, reporting on the lives of women, whose role in the region has never been more in flux. Only a generation ago, female adolescence as we know it in the West did not exist in the Middle East. There were only children and married women. Today, young Arab women outnumber men in universities, and a few are beginning to face down religious and social tradition in order to live independently, to delay marriage, and to pursue professional goals.

Regina Martínez was no stranger to retaliation. A journalist out of Mexico’s Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, Regina's stories for the magazine Proceso laid out the corruption and abuse underlying Mexican politics. She was barred from press conferences, and copies of Proceso often disappeared before they made the newsstands. In 2012, shortly after Proceso published an article on corruption and two Veracruz politicians, and the magazine went missing once again, she was bludgeoned to death in her bathroom. The message was clear: No journalist in Mexico was safe.

Since the collapse of the housing market in 2008, demand for housing has consistently outpaced supply in many US communities. The failure to construct sufficient housing—especially affordable housing—in desirable communities and neighborhoods comes with significant social, economic, and environmental costs. This book examines how local participatory land use institutions amplify the power of entrenched interests and privileged homeowners.

"Venus Williams, Off the Court" is from the August 26, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Katherine Rosman and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Harvard Professor by Day, 'Star Wars' Geek by Night" is from the June 04, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Katherine Rosman and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Unhitching? The Divorce Concierge Is at Your Service" is from the June 18, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Katherine Rosman and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"A Budding Beauty Baron Gets an Assist from Nas" is from the September 08, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Katherine Rosman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Oldest Living Yoga Celebrity Tells All" is from the November 27, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Katherine Rosman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Cheesy Photos Redefine 'Instagram Feed'" is from the May 11, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Katherine Rosman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"A Mother's Death, a Daughter's Life: Remembering Natalie Wood" is from the March 19, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Katherine Rosman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"How Kids Learn Prejudice" is from the October 23, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Katherine D. Kinzler and narrated by Kristi Burns.

In this unsettling book, Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum trace how ungoverning—the deliberate effort to dismantle the capacity of government to do its work—has become a malignant part of politics. Democracy depends on a government that can govern, and that requires what’s called administration.

The United States has the world’s highest rate of incarceration, a form of punishment that ruins lives and makes a return to prison more likely. With the authority of a prominent legal scholar and the practical insights gained through on-the-ground work on criminal-justice reform, Rachel Barkow explains how dangerous it is to base criminal-justice policy on the whims of the electorate, which puts judges, sheriffs, and politicians in office.

Under the cover of being designated as private correspondence, the letters between the queen and the governor-general about the dismissal have been locked away for decades in the National Archives of Australia, and embargoed by the queen - potentially forever. In the face of this, Professor Jenny Hocking embarked on a four-year legal battle to force the Archives to release the letters. In 2015, she mounted a crowd-funded campaign, securing a stellar pro bono team that took her case all the way to the High Court of Australia.

This unique book is the first to bring together a group of influential China experts to reflect on their cultural and social encounters while travelling and living in the People’s Republic. Filling an important gap, it allows scholars, journalists, and businesspeople to reflect on their personal memories of China.

"'Mockingbird' Author Is Memorialized as She Lived: Quietly and Privately" is from the Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Jennifer Crossley Howard, Katherine Webb and Serge F. Kovaleski and narrated by Fleet Cooper.