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In January of 1973 Richard Nixon announced the end of the Vietnam War and prepared for a triumphant second term - until televised Watergate hearings revealed his White House as little better than a mafia den. The next president declared upon Nixon’s resignation “our long national nightmare is over” - but then congressional investigators exposed the CIA for assassinating foreign leaders. The collapse of the South Vietnamese government rendered moot the sacrifice of some 58,000 American lives.

Peace between Arabs and Jews seems forever out of reach, both sides caught in a never-ending cycle of violence and revenge. But while treaties and other top-down solutions have had little lasting effect, peacemakers on the ground are creating real change - within themselves and with their enemies. In Bridges Across an Impossible Divide, American professor Marc Gopin offers an unprecedented exploration of the spiritual lives of Arab and Jewish peacemakers who have evolved deep friendships despite decades of war and suffering on all sides.

How serious are the threats to our environment? Here is one measure of the problem: if we continue to do exactly what we are doing, with no growth in the human population or the world economy, the world in the latter part of this century will be unfit to live in. Of course human activities are not holding at current levels—they are accelerating, dramatically—and so, too, is the pace of climate disruption, biotic impoverishment, and toxification.

"Athletes Build a Bridge Between Disparate Sports" is from the July 10, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Andrew Keh and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Former Christie Aides Convicted in Bridge Case" is from the November 04, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Kate Zernike and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Mike Pence, Vice President-Elect, Is Bridge to Establishment" is from the November 09, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeremy W. Peters and Nicholas Fandos and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Credibility Bruised, Ex-Ally of Christie Hews to Story as Bridge Case Testimony Ends" is from the October 5, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Kate Zernike and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"U.K.'s Bridge to Trump? Nigel Farage, Who Pushed 'Brexit,' Posits Himself" is from the November 14, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Katrin Bennhold and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Christie 'Flat out Lied' in George Washington Bridge Case, Aide Said" is from the August 10, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Patrick Mcgeehan and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Christie Knew About Bridge Lane Closings as They Happened, Prosecutors Say" is from the September 19, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Kate Zernike and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Caught in the Shadow of a Bridge That Hasn't Been Built Yet" is from the June 12, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ian Austen and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Judge Rejects Bid for Special Prosecutor to Investigate Christie in Bridge Case" is from the December 02, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Eli Rosenberg and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

“Question in George Washington Bridge Trial: Who’s Been Fooling Whom?” is from the October 25, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Jim Dwyer and narrated by Caroline Miller.