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When Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992, he ended twelve years of Republican rule and seemed poised to enact a progressive transformation of the US economy. Yet by the time he left office, the nation's economic and social policies had instead lurched dramatically rightward, exacerbating the inequalities so troubling in our own time. Nelson Lichtenstein and Judith Stein show how the administration's progressive reformers were stymied by a new world of global capitalism that heightened Wall Street influence, undermined domestic manufacturing, and eviscerated the labor movement.

"Seeing a Transformation after a Trip Overseas" is from the September 19, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by N.R. Kleinfield and narrated by Caroline Miller.

Why has John Quincy Adams been largely written out of American history when he is, in fact, our lost Founding Father? Overshadowed by both his brilliant father and the brash and bold Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams has long been dismissed as hyper-intellectual. Viciously assailed by Jackson and his populist mobs for being both slippery and effete, Adams nevertheless recovered from the malodorous 1828 presidential election to lead the nation as a lonely Massachusetts congressman in the fight against slavery.

"Caitlyn Jenner to Publish a Memoir about Her Transformation" is from the Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Alexandra Alter and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Amsterdam: A 21st-Century Transformation" is from the August 31, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Russell Shorto and narrated by Caroline Miller.