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Fully updated chapters continue to address how technology and increasing levels of education have exposed people to more information than ever before. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any number of issues. Over the past several years, the rise of populism and conspiracy theories have taken this to new levels. All voices, even the most ridiculous, demand to be taken with equal seriousness, and any claim to the contrary is dismissed as undemocratic elitism.

The downfall of Bo Xilai in China was more than a darkly thrilling mystery. It revealed a cataclysmic internal power struggle between Communist Party factions, one that reached all the way to China’s new president Xi Jinping. The scandalous story of the corruption of the Bo Xilai family - the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood; Bo’s secret lovers; the secret maneuverings of Bo’s supporters; the hasty trial and sentencing of Gu Kailai, Bo’s wife - was just the first rumble of a seismic power struggle that continues to rock the very foundation of China’s all-powerful Communist Party.

Dually armed with military and strategic prowess, the Wagner Group created a new market in a vast geopolitical landscape increasingly receptive to the promises of private actors. In this trailblazing account of the Group’s origins and operations, John Lechner—the only journalist to report across its many warzones—brings us on the ground to witness Wagner partner with fragile nation states, score access to natural resources, oust peacekeeping missions, and cash in on conflicts reframed as Kremlin interests.

As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22, 1963, William Manchester set out, at the request of the Kennedy family, to create a detailed, authoritative record of President John F. Kennedy's death, including the days immediately preceding and following the assassination.

In 12 years, Michelle Lyons witnessed nearly 300 executions. First as a reporter and then as a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Michelle was a frequent visitor to Huntsville's Walls Unit, where she recorded and relayed the final moments of death row inmates' lives before they were put to death by the state. Michelle was in the death chamber as some of the United States' most notorious criminals, including serial killers, child murderers and rapists, spoke their last words on earth, while a cocktail of lethal drugs surged through their veins.

Where do journalists find the guts to keep telling the truth in places where truth-telling will get them murdered? Organizations such as the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters sans frontières bring us the death toll from around the world, and that number is truly daunting: since 1992 more than 730 journalists have been killed - nearly three-quarters of them targeted and murdered. Over 85% of the fallen have been local journalists trying to unveil violence and corruption in their own back yards. Worse, 95% of the people who ordered their murder remain unpunished.

Through wonderfully descriptive writing, Simon details the work of fifteen detectives, three sergeants and a lieutenant charged with investigating dozens of Baltimore's 234 murders that year. Simon takes listeners inside the detectives' lives, describing the frustration of departmental red tape...

"The Death of Liberalism" is from the April 13, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Roger Cohen and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Death by Medical Error: Adding Context to Scary Headlines" is from the August 15, 2016 The Upshot section of The New York Times. It was written by Aaron E. Carroll and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Deaths in the Line of Duty" is from the July 28, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Niraj Chokshi and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Death Leaves Power Vacuum in India" is from the December 5, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ellen Barry and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Death Shatters a Celebration in France" is from the July 15, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Alissa J. Rubin, Adam Nossiter, and Christopher Mele and narrated by Caroline Miller.

After the bullet shells get counted, the blood dries and the votive candles burn out, people peer down from housing-project windows and see crime scenes gone cold: a band of yellow police tape blowing in the breeze.

"Death, Mistrust and Too Few Officers" is from the December 30, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Benjamin Mueller and Al Baker and narrated by Mike DelGaudio.

"Louisiana Floods Lead to 6 Deaths" is from the August 15, 2016, US section of The New York Times. It was written by Christine Hauser and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"A Wrong Turn, and a Death on the Appalachian Trail" is from the May 26, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Jess Bidgood and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"A New Death Toll for Smoking" is from the October 31, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Donald G. Mcneil Jr. and Julia Symmes Cobb 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.

"Actor's Death Highlights a Known Issue with Jeeps" is from the June 21, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Christopher Jensen and narrated by Caroline Miller.

Dive into the most comprehensive projection of Russia’s population and ethnic landscape by the year 2070. This meticulous analysis goes far beyond national totals, providing granular, region-by-region estimates for every Oblast, Okrug, and Autonomous Region.

"Deaths, Fraud Allegations and an Inquiry into a Long Island VA Hospital" is from the September 20, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Kristina Rebelo and Marc Santora and narrated by Caroline Miller.