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Current Events: Get the Stories Behind the Stories Submitted by Becca Stumpf on March 25, 2019

When it comes to understanding current events in context, listening to long-form journalism and analysis from those who intimately know a subject is critical. Read more

Tagged: American Cipher, An American Summer, Biased, Coders, current events, Doing Justice, Higher Etiquette, Never Remember, Possible Minds, The New Silk Road, The Time is Now

Current Events: Exploring Economic Inequality Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on January 31, 2019

The shrinking of the middle class and economic inequality in the country is one of the many topics you can regularly find in the news. It is, in fact, a global issue. Economic disparity has been an ever-growing dilemma for thousands of years.

While it seems like a bleak problem, there are many thought leaders—and everyday people—trying to address it, educate others, and find solutions. Read more

Tagged: Anand Giridharadas, Art Cullen, business, Chris Henry Coffey, current events, Deborah Fallows, Ganesh Sitaraman, James Fallows, Kate Pickett, Macleod Andrews, our towns, Richard Wilkinson, Shridhar Solanki, Storm Lake, The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution, The Inner Level, Winners Take All

September’s Current Events: Activism Listens Submitted by Erin Murphy on September 14, 2018

With the ceaseless news cycle, it can be easy to miss individual players who are making a difference. Take a listen to the incredible life stories of these very different activists, who are all aiming to make the world better in their own unique way. Read more

Tagged: American Prison, current events, DeRay Mckesson, Eli Saslow, I Should Have Honor, James Fouhey, Khalida Brohi, On the Other Side of Freedom, Rising Out of Hatred, Scott Brick, Shane Bouer, uncensored, Zachary R. Wood

Catch Up On Current Events with Audiobooks Submitted by Erin Murphy on July 10, 2018

Keeping up to date with the news can be a challenge, but luckily audiobooks are here to help. Read more

Tagged: A Terrible Country, Almarie Guerra, Amitava Kumar, annie lowrey, Ari Fliakos, current events, fruit of the drunken tree, give people money, immigrant montana, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Keith Gessen, Marisol Ramirez, Michiko Kakutani, Tavia Gilbert, the death of truth

6 Audiobooks That Illuminate Race Relations in America Submitted by Natalie Coleman on March 26, 2018

It’s without a doubt that the topics of race and equality in America are at the forefront of our conversation. Read more

Tagged: Adenrele Ojo, Beresford Bennett, between the world and me, Blood at the Root, business, current events, Dominic Hoffman, I Can't Breathe, In the Shadow of Statues, Kaleo Griffith, Matt Taibbi, Mitch Landrieu, Patrick Phillips, race, Radical Hope, ta-nehisi coates, We Were Eight Years in Power

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Elections, Democracy, and U.S. Politics Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on December 18, 2017

One of the most contentious elections in U.S. history occurred last year. It has made everyone examine more closely our democratic process and its role in shaping our current political environment. Dive deeper with these five audiobooks. Read more

Tagged: beyond the messy truth, collusion, current events, democracy, elections, fantasyland, on tyranny, playing with fire, politics, u.s. history

Current Events: From Headlines to Books Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on December 6, 2017

There is no shortage of harrowing news stories—whether about domestic or international issues—and they leap from the headlines to the pages of books. These five recently released audiobooks are the ones to plug into. Read more

Tagged: American Radical, An American Family, business, current events, I Can't Breathe, The Last Girl, We Were Eight Years in Power

Exploring Russian History and Politics Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on December 4, 2017

It’s hard to turn on the news without hearing about Russia. So this might be just the time to educate yourself about the history of the country dominating American conversations, with these riveting listens. Read more

Tagged: business, current events, daniel beer, lenin, masha gessen, red famine, russia, russian history, secondhand time, svetlana alexievich, the future of history, the house of the dead, the romanovs, victor sebestyen

Current Events: Spotlight on China Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on October 2, 2017

If you’re a foreign-policy news junkie, you know that east Asia has been in the news a lot, particularly US relations with China. To learn more about the history of that relationship and the politics behind it, listen to these audiobooks: Read more

Tagged: a force so swift, asia's reckoning, business, business travel, china, current events, everything under the heavens, on china