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As more and more people align themselves with the Palestinian people, Palestine in a World on Fire provides the global perspective and analysis needed to inform how we forge ahead on this path of newfound solidarity. Editors Ilan Pappé and Katherine Natanel have gathered a collection of interviews that are intimate, challenging, and rigorous—many of them conducted before October 7th but still startlingly prescient.

Verden har altid stået foran store udfordringer, men i disse år synes panderynkerne hos magthavere og meningsdannere i Vesten at være dybere end tidligere. Kan vores nationer og institutioner klare presset fra den voldsomme migration, de stigende klimaudfordringer, religionskonflikter og en ustyrlig global økonomi? Per Stig Møller giver i "De fire isbjerge: en fortælling om verdens tilstand" sin analyse af disse fire, ifølge den tidligere udenrigsminister, mest presserende dagsordener.

In 1983 Chicago elected Harold Washington as the city's first black mayor. This is the story of Washington's improbable victory over Jane Byrne, heir to the late Richard J. Daley's political empire, and over Daley's eldest son. It's the story of a coalition outside the party's mainstream coming to power and ruling in the country's most political of cities. In Fire on the Prairie, Gary Rivlin reveals the personalities and philosophies of those who were at the center of events, from black separatists such as Lu Palmer to community organizers such as Jesse Jackson....

Just two weeks after winning reelection to his ninth term in Congress, Steve King was stunned to learn the “Swamp” was poised to unleash a treacherous media blitzkrieg designed to kill his Congressional political career on the spot. The words “They believe they can force you to resign” still ring in his ears today. He knew Democrats and the media would pile on. Unfortunately, the threat was from within his party, and it was far more dangerous. The Republican establishment, RINOs, elitists, globalists, and NeverTrumpers needed him out of the way. This is the full story.

Veteran White House reporter April Ryan thought she had seen everything in her two decades as a White House correspondent. And then came the Trump administration. In Under Fire, Ryan takes us inside the confusion and chaos of the Trump White House to understand how she and other reporters adjusted to the new normal. She takes us inside the policy debates, the revolving door of personnel appointments, and what it is like when she, as a reporter asking difficult questions, finds herself in the spotlight, becoming part of the story.

"Fire, Not Fireworks" is from the July 04, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Kathleen Sharp and narrated by Kristi Burns.

“Fire, Film, Tweet: The Taliban’s New Way of War” is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Mujib Mashal and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Wind, Sun and Fire
" is from the Column section of The New York Times. It was written by Paul Krugman and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"The Oakland Fire: Tenants Living in Warehouses Face Eviction" is from the December 14, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Conor Dougherty and narrated by Sam Scholl.

"Benjamin Netanyahu Draws Fire for Video Broadsides" is from the September 12, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Isabel Kershner and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Governor of Alabama, under Fire, Isn't Quitting" is from the March 30, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Coach’s Fire Returns With a Fresh Attitude" is from the Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Julie Robenhymer and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Knicks Fire Fisher as Coach
" is from the Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Scott Cacciola and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Fires Burn in Milwaukee after Fatal Police Shooting" is from the August 14, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Christopher Mele and Lew Serviss and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Fire That Left 15 Dead at Texas Fertilizer Plant Is Ruled Intentional" is from the May 11, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Manny Fernandez and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Fire Investigated as Arson at Florida Mosque Orlando Nightclub Gunman Had Attended" is from the September 12, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Christine Hauser and Alan Blinder and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Light in Gaza is a seminal, moving, and wide-ranging anthology of Palestinian writers and artists. It constitutes a collective effort to organize and center Palestinian voices in the ongoing struggle. As political discourse shifts toward futurism as a means of reimagining a better way of living, beyond the violence and limitations of colonialism, Light in Gaza is an urgent and powerful intervention into an important political moment.

This second edition of Crisis and Crossfire traces the origins of the contemporary challenges the United States faces in the Middle East by analyzing the broad contours of U.S. policy in the region since the government's first involvement there in the 1940s.

Rodrigo Duterte was elected President of the Philippines in 2016. In his first 18 months in office, 12,000 people were murdered on the streets, gunned down by police officers and vigilante citizens - all with his encouragement. Duterte is a serial womanizer and a self-confessed killer, who has called both Barack Obama and Pope Francis "sons of whores." He is on record as saying he does not "give a shit" about human rights. Yet he is beloved of the 16.6 million Filipinos who voted for him, seen as vulgar but honest, a breath of fresh air, and an iconoclastic, anti-imperialist rebel.

"Help for a Business Idea Trying to Catch Fire" is from the October 12, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by John F. Wasik and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.