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In August 2012, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was clinging to power in a vicious civil war. Concerned that Assad might resort to chemical weapons, the international community warned that any such use would cross 'a red line', warranting a military response. When a year later Assad bombed the Damascus suburb of Ghouta with sarin gas, killing hundreds, global leaders were torn between living up to their word and becoming mired in another unpopular Middle Eastern war. So when Russia offered to store Syria's chemical weapons, the world leaped at the solution.

One-third of American adults—approximately 86 million people—own firearms. This is not just for protection or hunting. Although many associate gun-centric ideology with individualist and libertarian traditions in American political culture, Race, Rights, and Rifles shows that it rests on an equally old but different foundation.

One promise of democracy is the right of every citizen to vote. And yet, from our founding, strong political forces were determined to limit that right. The Supreme Court, Alexander Hamilton wrote, would protect the weak against this very sort of tyranny. Still, as On Account of Race forcefully demonstrates, through the better part of American history the Court has instead been a protector of white rule. And complex threats against the right to vote persist even today.

"Sanders' Win in Michigan Changes Race but Not Probabilities" is from the March 09, 2016, The Upshot section of The New York Times. It was written by Nate Cohn and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Historian Orville Vernon Burton and civil rights lawyer Armand Derfner shine a powerful light on the Court's race record - a legacy at times uplifting, but more often distressing and sometimes disgraceful. For nearly a century, the Court ensured that the 19th-century Reconstruction Amendments would not truly free and enfranchise African Americans. And the 21st century has seen a steady erosion of commitments to enforcing hard-won rights.

"Trump, a 'Rigged' Election and the Politics of Race" is from the August 21, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Maggie Haberman and Matt Flegenheimer and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Rubio and McCain Win Florida and Arizona Races" is from the August 31, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Lizette Alvarez and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Children Caught in Clash of Policing and Race" is from the July 09, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Yamiche Alcindor and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Kasich Drops out of Presidential Race" is from the May 04, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Thomas Kaplan and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

With a new afterword covering the two decades since its first publication, two of Washington, D.C.'s most respected journalists expose one of America's most tragic ironies: How the nation's capital, often a gleaming symbol of peace and hope, is the setting for vicious contradictions and devastating conflicts over race, class, and power. Jaffe and Sherwood have chillingly chronicled the descent of the District of Columbia.

“It’s one of the best books on politics of any kind I’ve read. For entertainment value, I put it up there with Catch 22.” —The Financial Times “It transports you to a parallel universe in which everything in the National Enquirer is true….More interesting is what we learn about the...

Two of America’s most perceptive political reporters join forces for an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the race for the White House in POLITICO’s Playbook 2012, a series of four instant digital books on the 2012 presidential election. The second edition, Inside the Circus, pulls...

"The State of the Clinton-Trump Race: Is It Over?" is from the August 15, 2016 The Upshot section of The New York Times. It was written by Nate Cohn and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Unusual Race Poses Struggle for Clinton Bid" is from the May 28, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Amy Chozick, Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"The Oscars and Race: A Stir Over Rules to Change the Academy" is from the Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Cara Buckley and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

As the 2012 presidential campaign begins: Profiles of 12 men who have run for the presidency and lost, but who, even in defeat, have had a greater impact on American history than many of those who have served as president - from Henry Clay to Stephen Douglas, William Jennings Bryan to Al Gore - Plus, mini-profiles on 22 "honorable mentions."

Is India ready for superpower status or too far behind China to ever catch up? In his career as one of India's leading journalists and entrepreneurs, Raghav Bahl has often faced this question, and many others, from bewildered visitors.

"Race to Find Zika Vaccine Tests Limits of Biotech" is from the November 18, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Katie Thomas and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Race Tightens; Clinton Holds Narrow Edge in New Times/CBS Poll" is from the November 03, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Martin, Dalia Sussman and Megan Thee Brenan and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Race for Britain's Prime Minister down to Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom" is from the July 07, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Steven Erlanger and Sewell Chan and narrated by Fleet Cooper.