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"Challenging the Boss in Public? For Conway, It’s Part of the Job" is from the November 28, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael D. Shear and Maggie Haberman and narrated by Caroline Miller.

From colonial times into the 20th century, our laws and court cases ignored atheism, assuming that all good Americans were religious. Only in the 20th century, with the passage of laws allowing for conscientious objection to war, did nonbelief enter debates about religious liberty. Still, today every one of the 20 states has God written into its constitution. God is everywhere in American public life. R. Laurence Moore and Isaac Kramnick explore both God's omnipresence and the dramatic rise in nonbelievers that has led to an "atheist awakening" intent on holding the country to its secular principles.

America in Retreat identifies a profound crisis on the global horizon. As Americans seek to withdraw from the world to tend to domestic problems, America’s adversaries spy opportunity. Vladimir Putin's ambitions to restore the glory of the czarist empire go effectively unchecked, as do China's attempts to expand its maritime claims in the South China Sea, as do Iran's efforts to develop nuclear capabilities.

These words, pounded out on a laptop at Cliven Bundy’s besieged Nevada ranch on April 6, 2014, ignited a new American revolution. Across the country, a certain type of citizen snapped to attention: This was the flashpoint the they’d been waiting for, a chance to help a fellow American stand up to a tyrannical and corrupt federal government. Up in Arms chronicles how an isolated clan of desert-dwelling Mormons became the guiding light - and then the outright leaders - of America’s Patriot movement.

Two opposing narratives vie to explain the strategic future of Europe, one geopolitical and one economic, and both center on the same resource: natural gas. In The Bridge, Thane Gustafson, an expert on Russian oil and gas, argues that the political rivalries that capture the lion's share of media attention must be viewed alongside multiple business interests and differences in economic ideologies. With a dense network of pipelines linking Europe and Russia, natural gas serves as a bridge that unites the region through common interests.

Can a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the rich? In an ideal democracy, all citizens should have equal influence on government policy - but as this book demonstrates, America's policymakers respond almost exclusively to the preferences of the economically advantaged.

The military is often perceived by well-meaning Americans as the last stronghold against the progressive march through America’s institutions. But this is no longer simply the case. Our Armed Forces were once the envy of the world, in large part because we selected based on merit, and instilled in our fighting men an unshakeable military ethos. Both the ethos and the selection, however, have been in steady decline as the Department of Defense succumbs to a dangerous ideology: selection and promotion based on racial and gender identity.

"In Rome, Cheap Public Housing Hid for Years in Plain Sight" is from the April 28, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jim Yardley and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"U.S. Investigating Elevated Blood Lead Levels in New York's Public Housing" is from the March 16 2016, Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Mireya Navarro and William K. Rashbaum and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Protests Erupt in Poland Over New Law on Public Gatherings" is from the December 13, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rick Lyman and Joanna Berendt and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"In Ireland, 'Baptism Barrier' for Public Schools Draws Protests" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Douglas Dalby and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.