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In this disturbing exposé, journalist Paul L. Williams describes a secret alliance forged at the close of World War II by the CIA, the Sicilian and US mafias, and the Vatican to thwart the possibility of a Communist invasion of Europe. Williams presents evidence suggesting the existence, in many European countries, of "stay-behind" units consisting of 5,000 to 15,000 military operatives.

In July 1995, San Jose Mercury-News reporter Gary Webb found the Big One - the blockbuster story every journalist secretly dreams about - without even looking for it. A simple phone call concerning an unexceptional pending drug trial turned into a massive conspiracy involving the Nicaraguan Contra rebels, L.A. and Bay Area crack cocaine dealers, and the Central Intelligence Agency.

Why are activists in Thailand, Hong Kong, and Burma willing to court danger to help one another? The political situations in Burma, Thailand, and Hong Kong are radically different. Only Burma is in a state of civil war. Only Hong Kong has changed in just a few years from a place with virtually...

Nomi Prins ushers us into the intimate world of exclusive clubs, vacation spots, and Ivy League universities that binds presidents and financiers. She unravels the multi-generational blood, intermarriage, and protégé relationships that have confined national influence to a privileged cluster of people. This unprecedented history of American power illuminates how financiers have retained their authoritative position through history, swaying presidents regardless of party affiliation.

Pharmacists who refuse to fill prescriptions for contraceptives. Surgeons who pray in the OR. Pro-life clinics and end-of-life interventions, intelligent-design activists and stem-cell-research opponents. Is this the state of modern medicine in America? In Blind Faith, Dr. Richard P. Sloan examines the fragile balance and dangerous alliance between religion and medicine - two practices that have grown disconcertingly close during the 21st century.

"Kerry Visits Hiroshima Memorial and Underlines U.S.-Japan Alliance" is from the April 11, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"U.S. And Philippines, United by China, Ramp up Military Alliance" is from the April 12, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Floyd Whaley and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"In Show of Alliance, U.S. Forces Fly B-52 Bomber Over South Korea" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Old Treaties and New Alliances Empower Native Americans" is from the November 15, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Kirk Johnson and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Delta, in Alliance With Danny Meyer, Aims to Elevate Airline Food" is from the Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Stephanie Strom and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"An Old Alliance Faces New Pressures as Obama Heads to Saudi Arabia" is from the April 17, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael D. Shear and narrated by Caroline Miller.

In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution, leading movements in North America, South America, the African continent, and the Caribbean. In each locale, Rodney found himself a lightning rod for working class Black Power. His deportation catalyzed 20th century Jamaica's most significant rebellion, the 1968 Rodney riots, and his scholarship trained a generation how to think politics at an international scale.