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Topic: Apocalypse

An engraved illustration of pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock, with one wearing a MAGA hat. (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / mikroman6)

Why America is nuts: Blame the Pilgrims

Paul Rosenberg
Planet Earth on fire (Getty Images/sankai)

Can humans wipe out all life on Earth?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Nuclear explosion with mushroom cloud on scorched earth (Getty Images/Anton Petrus)

The ultra-rich want to escape. Good idea

Troy Farah
Businessman With Umbrella Looking Storm Over City (Getty Images/guvendemir)

Why fighting corporate power is critical

Richard Eckersley
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Thumbs Up, Drowning In Data (Photo illustration by Salon/GEtty Images)

The hypocrisy of AI doomerism

Émile P. Torres
Distant silhouette of a person standing on rocks below Northern Lights (Aurora borealis), Iceland (Getty Images/mariuskasteckas)

Are UFOs fueling a new religion?

Troy Farah
Abandoned diner that hasn't been used in a long time (Getty Images/AndresCalle)

Are we like the Soviet Union in 1990?

Jackson Diianni
AI hand holding a nuclear fusion reaction (Getty Images/Ole_CNX)

AI: apocalypse or utopia? Probably not

Émile P. Torres
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Futuristic city with an organic architecture (Getty Images/3000ad)

Why utopian thinking is so dangerous

Émile P. Torres
Cruise missiles against the sunset sky (Getty Images/Anton Petrus)

AI vs. AI: The danger is real

Michael Klare - TomDispatch.com
Ruins of a city, apocalyptic landscape (Getty Images/vicnt)

The worst-case climate change scenario

Matthew Rozsa
A Proud Boys gestures | Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio | California Storm Clouds (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Historical amnesia and the end of days

Henry A. Giroux
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Ghost Town Centralia in Pennsylvania (Benno Schwinghammer/picture alliance via Getty Images)

This ghost town is permanently on fire

Matthew Rozsa
Wen (Kristen Cui), Leonard (Dave Bautista) and Adriane (Abby Quinn) in "Knock at the Cabin" (Universal)

When the apocalypse no longer frightens

Alison Stine
The Last of Us (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

The Last of Us' mall trip to die for

Melanie McFarland
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Ukraine and ICBMs: Apocalypse now?

Norman Solomon
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Nick Offerman in "The Last of Us" (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

"The Last of Us" finds love in the end

Melanie McFarland
The end of America (Getty Images/Davide Zanin)

Are we the last civilization to fall?

Chris Hedges
Futuristic Robot AI Leadership Concept (Getty Images/gremlin)

Will a super AI kill us all? Maybe

Émile P. Torres
Dry soil of the partially dried-up river bed of the Rhine is pictured in Dusseldorf, western Germany, on July 25, 2022, as Europe experiences a heatwave. (INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

Summer 2022: Dawn of the apocalypse

Chris Hedges
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Are these the end times? Probably not

Nathaniel Manderson
Yellowjackets (Ian Watson /Kailey Schwerman/SHOWTIME)

Survival tips we didn't know we needed

Melanie McFarland
People struggle to cross the boundary wall of Hamid Karzai International Airport to flee the country after rumors that foreign countries are evacuating people even without visas, after the Taliban over run of Kabul, Afghanistan, 16 August 2021. | A building was destroyed after Hurricane Ida passed through on August 30, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. | Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/STR/NurPhoto/Brandon Bell/Samuel Corum)

Can we clean up the mess we've created?

Émile P. Torres
Deforestation | Bare store shelves (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Bloomberg Creative/ Alan Powdrill)

Climate change is ruining supply chains

Matthew Rozsa
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