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Selling Social Justice investigates the rise and spread of contemporary antiracist ideology and shows how the rich came to embrace this particular form of justice. In this provocative account, Jennifer C. Pan explores why, in a twenty-first-century economy of increasing scarcity, antiracism is the wrong frame for understanding and fighting inequality.

The brilliant, amoral, and spectacularly bold Bessie Tyler and Edward Young Clarke - together, the Southern Publicity Association - met the fervent William Joseph Simmons (founder of the second KKK), saw an opportunity, and played on his many weaknesses. Tyler and Clarke took Simmons' dying and broken KKK, with its 2,000-3,000 associates in Georgia and Alabama, and in a few short years swelled its membership to nearly five million.

Today, many Americans regard globalization as a significant threat to our work force, and to our very way of life. As unemployment soars, the automotive and manufacturing industries crumble, countless jobs continue to ship overseas, and the retail sector faces the worst slump in decades, cries of "Buy American" have grown louder and louder.

Seit Jahrzehnten wissen wir um die Erderwärmung und ihre Gefährlichkeit. Dennoch nehmen die globalen Treibhausgasemissionen weiter zu. Offenbar gelingt es uns nicht, den Klimawandel zu stoppen. Wie lässt sich dieses Versagen erklären? Warum reagieren Gesellschaften so zögerlich auf diese Bedrohung? In seinem neuen Buch gibt Jens Beckert eine Antwort.

"Selling Jewelry With a Crowdfunding App and Dash of Social Sharing" is from the December 18, 2016 Technology section of The New York Times. It was written by Martha C. White and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Selling Ads on Fake Sites, Russian Ring Steals Up to $5 Million Daily" is from the December 20, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Vindu Goel and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Just 2 Guys, Selling Wine" is from the December 14, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Sheila Marikar and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"A Spaniard Selling Lottery Fortune" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Raphael Minder and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

One might assume, on opening a box of pasta marked “100 percent durum wheat, made in Italy,” that all the grain used had been grown in Italy. But almost without exception, Italian pasta companies use a mix of about 70 percent Italian and 30 percent imported durum wheat.

"Automakers Still Selling Cars with Riskiest Takata Air Bags" is from the June 01, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Hiroko Tabuchi and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"In New York, Selling Movies as a Social Experience" is from the Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Glenn Kenny and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Barclays, on a Selling Spree, Aims to Get Back to Basics" is from the August 16, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Chad Bray and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"GE Sheds Its 'Too Big to Fail' Label after Selling $200 Billion in Assets" is from the June 29, 2016, Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael J. De La Merced and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Now Selling New York: Four Heroes in a Half Shell" is from the April 29, 2016 Travel section of The New York Times. It was written by Annie Correal and narrated by Paul Ryden.