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When conflicts become entrenched over generations, the language of war infiltrates everyday life, concealing destruction and hardening positions. Nowhere is this truer than in the Middle East. Award-winning author Raja Shehadeh explores the politics of language and the language of politics in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, reflecting on the walls that they create - legal and cultural - that confine today's Palestinians just like the borders, checkpoints and so-called "Separation Barrier".

Pearl K. Ford Dowe argues that ambition for Black women cannot be measured only by political candidacies and ascents of the political chain of power. Black women are uniquely positioned within their communities to influence politics and public policy, which stems from unique variables of socialization, gender and racial identity, and marginalization that shape the political attitudes of Black women. Thus, Dowe asserts that Black women's political ambition often manifests outside formal politics, in activism and community building, a process that is linked to a wider radical vision.

The most powerful political tool of the modern presidency is control of the message and the image. In Republic of Spin - a vibrant history covering more than 100 years of politics - presidential historian David Greenberg recounts the rise of the White House spin machine, from Teddy Roosevelt to Barack Obama. His sweeping, startling narrative takes us behind the scenes to see how the tools and techniques of image making and message craft work.

So Help Me God relates the compelling story of Chief Justice Roy Moore, including his controversial Ten Commandments displays, his refusal to obey an unlawful order of a federal court, and why the critical legal and political question of our time is, 'Can the state acknowledge God?'

The industrial age made possible by fossil fuels will surely decline as these fuels run out. In The Ecotechnic Future John Michael Greer alerts the listener to possible changes future generations may face as these dwindling fuel supplies lead first to a deindustrial age, then to a society which salvages the remnants of our current plenty, and eventually to a time in which people may learn to live in balance with the environment: an ecotechnic society.

The Obama administration’s overreaching and pervasive secularist policies represent the greatest government-directed assault on religious freedom in American history. So argues conservative movement leader Phyllis Schlafly and journalist George Neumayr. In No Higher Power, Schlafly and Neumayr show how Obama is waging war on our religious liberties and actively working to create one nation under him rather than one nation under God.

It's on the television, in the papers, and in our minds. Every day we're bludgeoned by news of how bad everything is - financial collapse, unemployment, growing poverty, environmental disasters, disease, hunger, war. But the rarely acknowledged reality is that our progress over the past few decades has been unprecedented. By almost any index you care to identify, things are markedly better now than they have ever been for almost everyone alive.

Over the past generation, the Democratic and Republican parties have each become nationally coordinated political teams. American political institutions, on the other hand, remain highly decentralized. Laboratories against Democracy shows how national political conflicts are increasingly flowing through the subnational institutions of state politics—with profound consequences for public policy and American democracy.

"Scientists Fear Australian Cuts Imperil World Climate Studies" is from the Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Michelle Innis and narrated by Paul Ryden.

In Believers, Thinkers, and Founders: How We Came to Be One Nation Under God, Kevin Seamus Hasson - founder and president emeritus of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty - offers a refreshing resolution to a familiar conundrum: If there is real religious freedom in America, how is it that our government keeps invoking God? He's everywhere, from our currency to the Pledge of Allegiance. Isn't that all entirely too religious? And just whose God are we talking about, anyway?

"Study Says Many Insured Children Lack Essential Care" is from the November 20, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Marc Santora and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Study Finds Children of Immigrants Embracing 'Frenchness'" is from the Culture (Arts) section of The New York Times. It was written by Celestine Bohlen and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Study Shows Promise for Expensive Cholesterol Drugs, but They Are Still Hard to Obtain" is from the November 14, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Study That Reported Sharp Rise in Prostate Cancer Is Questioned" is from the July 20, 2016 Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Denise Grady and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Study Focuses on Repeated Hits, Not Concussions" is from the March 31, 2016, Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Benedict Carey and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Study of Zika Outbreak Estimates 1 in 100 Risk of Fetal Abnormalities" is from March 15, 2016, U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Catherine Saint Louis and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Study Finds Chinese Students Excel in Critical Thinking until College" is from the July 30, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Javier C. Hernández and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Studies Linked to Soda Industry Mask Health Risks" is from the October 31, 2016 Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Anahad O’connor and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

By one reading, things look pretty good for Americans today: The country is richer than ever before, and the unemployment rate is down by half since the Great Recession. But a closer look shows that something is going seriously wrong. This is the collapse of work - especially among America's men. Political economist Nicholas Eberstadt shows that while "unemployment" has gone down, America's work rate is also lower today than a generation ago - and that the work rate for US men has been spiraling downward for half a century.

"Post-Cesarean Bacteria Transfer Could Change Health for Life, Study Shows
" is from the Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Sandra Blakeslee and narrated by Fleet Cooper.