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The last general election saw the Conservatives win their highest vote share in 40 years, while Labour slumped to their lowest seat total since 1935. At the heart of this electoral earthquake was the so-called Red Wall, some 60 seats stretching from the Midlands up to the North of England. Working-class voters in these old coal, steel and manufacturing constituencies had been the bedrock of past Labour victories, but all that changed on 12th December 2019 when Boris Johnson turned the Red Wall blue.

When thinking about the border separating the United States from Mexico, what typically comes to mind is an unwelcoming zone with violent, poverty-ridden towns, cities, and maquiladoras on one side and an increasingly militarized network of barriers and surveillance systems on the other. It was not always this way. In fact, from the end of Mexican-American War until the late twentieth century, the border was a very porous and loosely regulated region.

Christians have lived in Palestine since the earliest days of the Jesus movement. The Palestinian church predates Islam. Yet Palestinian Christians find themselves marginalized and ostracized. In the heated tensions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the voices of Palestinian Christians are often unheard and ignored. This remarkable book provides an opportunity to hear the realities of life on the ground from a leading Palestinian pastor and theologian.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A “vivid, juicy” (Vogue) fly-on-the-wall account of the epic dysfunction of the American Congress, from the rotating cast of failed Speakers to the MAGA efforts to impeach President Joe Biden to the insanity of the 2024 presidential race—by the star...

Beginning in January 2009, The Payoff lays bare Washington’s culture of power and plutocracy. It’s the story of the 20-month struggle by Senator Ted Kaufman and Jeff Connaughton, his chief of staff, to hold Wall Street executives accountable for securities fraud, stop stock manipulation by high-frequency traders, and break up too-big-to-fail megabanks. This book takes us inside their dogged crusade against institutional inertia and industry influence as they encounter an outright reluctance.

"With Wall St. on Screen, a Book on a Female Trader" is from the Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Alessandra Stanley and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Wall Street Regulators Propose Stricter Pay Rules for Bankers" is from the April 21, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Nathaniel Popper and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

"A Wall St. Veteran's Gilded Road to Ruin" is from the June 9, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by James B. Stewart and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"The Crumbling Case for a Mexican Border Wall" is from the September 06, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Eduardo Porter and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The wall, taxes, tariffs, deportations, Obamacare, guns, military strength, schools, abortion, religion - what will the new president do? The "Godfather of Trumpmania," Michael Savage, examines the initial appointments, speeches, tweets and history of Donald Trump...

"Trump Seeks Path for Mexico Barrier. But Will It Be a ‘Big, Beautiful Wall’?" is from the December 22, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Amy Chozick and Manny Fernandez and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"For ‘The Flash’ and ‘Supergirl,’ Power to Pass Through Network Walls" is from the March 27, 2016, Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by George Gene Gustines and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Web People vs. Wall People" is from the July 27, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Thomas L. Friedman and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Britain and France to Begin Work on Wall near Calais to Keep Migrants " is from the September 07, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Aurelien Breeden and narrated by Sam Scholl.

"Clinton Is Again Put on the Defensive Over Perceived Ties to Wall Street" is from the U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Amy Chozick and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"To Tie Clinton to Wall Street, Sanders Invokes a 2001 Vote for Bankruptcy Reform" is from the U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Thomas Kaplan and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Workers' Wages Rebound, While Wall Street Squirms" is from the June 04, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeff Sommer and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Netanyahu Criticizes American Jewish Leaders over Western Wall Protest" is from the November 02, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Isabel Kershner and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Discovered in a Dacha Wall, a Clue to a Cold War Mystery" is from the August 06, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Neil Macfarquhar and narrated by Paul Ryden.

"A Colleague Drank My Breast Milk and Other Wall Street Tales" is from the US section of The New York Times. It was written by Maureen Sherry and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.