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New from the number-one Sunday Times best-selling author of Prisoners of Geography. We feel more divided than ever. This riveting analysis tells you why. Walls are going up. Nationalism and identity politics are on the rise once more. Thousands of miles of fences and barriers have been erected in the past 10 years, and they are redefining our political landscape.

The hidden history of Wall Street and the White House comes down to a single, powerful, quintessentially American concept: confidence. Both centers of power, tapping brazen innovations over the past three decades, learned how to manufacture it. Until August 2007, when that confidence finally...

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.

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.

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...

"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.

"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.

"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 more than 600 years, Jiayuguan, translated as Jiayu Fort or Jiayu Pass, has been the anchor of the westernmost point of the Ming-era Great Wall, a series of monumental ramparts that stretches a winding, mountainous 5,500 miles from here to the Yalu River, on the North Korean border.

"As Interest Grows in Great Walls, an Ancient Chinese Fortress Beckons" is from the December 28, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Edward Wong and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"In Scotland, Trump Built a Wall. Then he Sent Residens the Bill." is from the November 25, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Katrin Bennhold and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"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.

"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.

"Clinton Could Be Tough On Wall St., Emails Hint" is from the October 17, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Andrew Ross Sorkin and narrated by Caroline Miller.