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Born to a single mother raising four children on welfare and food stamps, James Rogan seemed destined for failure. Instead, he became a gang murder prosecutor, California judge, majority leader of the California State Assembly, United States congressman, and one of the House managers selected to...

Bloomsbury presents Courage Can Save Us, written and read by Rye Barcott. From a U.S. Marine and co-founder of With Honor, and written ahead of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, comes the story of principled veterans who work across party lines to shape our nation and...

Outspoken and uncensored, in an audiobook narrated by the North Carolina senator himself, Senator Thom Tillis pulls no punches about his time in Washington and how the sycophants surrounding President Trump, spineless Republican yes-men (and -women), and the weirdos of the MAGA world can’t get...

In his 1988 CBC Massey Lecture, Noam Chomsky inquires into the nature of the media in a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control. Specific cases are illustrated in detail, using the U.S. media primarily but also media in other societies.

自由与奴役的较量从未停止，每一次充满制度矛盾的重大政治抉择，都在真实而残酷地重塑着这个国家的运转逻辑。历史从来不是一条直线，而是在强烈的利益冲突、妥协与撕裂中不断前行。对于渴望在碎片化时间里看透现代...

Ontcijfer het machtsspel in Washington en ontdek hoe wetgeving achter de schermen van het Congres werkelijk werkt. Terwijl je naar je werk reist, transformeert deze meeslepende non-fictie de overweldigende nieuwschaos over verkiezingen in een kraakhelder speelveld. Voel je je soms verdwaald in...

面对每天轰炸屏幕的激烈政治新闻与党派争吵，厌倦了情绪宣泄的你需要一份精准的宪法通识导航。当政令交锋、法院裁决与社会抗议频频霸占热搜，带上耳机，用理性的逻辑框架替换盲目的网络站队。这绝非枯燥乏味的法学...

当国家安全与民主底线发生碰撞，隐蔽行动便成为大国博弈中最致命且最难掌控的政治武器。对于渴望看清当今国际格局底层逻辑的听众而言，这段跨越冷战凛冬与反恐烽火的真实历史，将带你直击最高权力的决策核心。历史...

当新闻里的党派喧嚣让你感到困惑时，真正的权力正在法律条文与现实利益的缝隙中悄然运转。我们将跳出两党之争的口水战，以客观冷峻的视角，为你厘清华盛顿政治机器运作的底层逻辑。无论你是想要在通勤路上听懂国际...

Entenda os bastidores do poder em Washington e descubra como o governo americano opera além das leis formais. Perfeito para escutar durante o trajeto para o trabalho, este áudio transforma a complexidade do sistema eleitoral e da polarização em uma análise direta, acessível e envolvente...

فكك تعقيدات السياسة الأمريكية وافهم الصراعات الدستورية التي تصنع العناوين الإخبارية اليومية بوضوح وموضوعية. سواء كنت تستمع أثناء تنقلاتك الصباحية لفهم مجريات...

建前としての美しい法制度と、現場で激しく渦巻く政治的駆け引きのギャップを解き明かし、現代のアメリカ政治における真の権力構造と選挙の裏側を明確に描き出します。複雑な国際情勢の背景を知りたいと願うあなた...

Padroneggia i veri meccanismi del potere negli Stati Uniti per comprendere a fondo l'attualità politica internazionale. Che tu stia cercando di orientarti tra le notizie durante il tragitto mattutino o desideri un'analisi oggettiva delle elezioni, questo ascolto trasforma concetti istituzionali...

Comprende el sistema electoral y el verdadero ejercicio del poder político en la democracia estadounidense actual. Si sientes confusión al descifrar los titulares internacionales, este recorrido revelador expone las reglas no escritas de Washington. Ideal para tu trayecto diario, este...

"Montana Judge Is Criticized for 60-Day Incest Sentence" is from the October 21, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Niraj Chokshi and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

Brought to you by Penguin. Civil wars are the biggest danger to world peace today - this book shows us why they happen, and how to avoid them. Most of us don't know it, but we are living in the world's greatest era of civil wars. While violence has declined worldwide, civil wars have increased...

The political, and very human, dynamics behind presidential cabinets, from George Washington to Joe Biden, come to life in The Best and Worst Presidential Cabinets in U.S. History. What Lindsay M. Chervinsky offers in this eye-opening Audible Original is an investigation of the good, the bad, and the ugly of presidential cabinets. Covering more than two centuries of history, it’s a fascinating tour of scandals, colorful personalities, big events, and triumphs of diversity and bipartisanship. Not to mention jobs with a very high turnover rate.

Brought to you by Penguin. A landmark history of the alliance that won the war and made the peace by the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Appeasing Hitler After the fall of France in June 1940, only Britain stood between Hitler and total victory. Desperate for allies, Winston Churchill did...

This provocative audiobook addresses one of the most enduring puzzles in political philosophy and constitutional theory - why is religion singled out for preferential treatment in both law and public discourse? Why, for example, can a religious soup kitchen get an exemption from zoning laws in order to expand its facilities to better serve the needy, while a secular soup kitchen with the same goal cannot?

Twenty years ago, the image of burning copies of Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" held aloft by thousand-strong mobs of protestors became an internationally familiar symbol of anger and offence. Kenan Malik examines how the Rushdie affair transformed the debate worldwide on multiculturalism, tolerance and free speech, helped fuel the rise of radical Islam and pointed the way to the horrors of 9/11 and 7/7.