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Charles I on his way to be executed, 30 January 1649 (Culture Club/Getty Images)

Civilizations collapse: Are we next?

Environmental activists protest against a planned oil pipeline in East Africa in front of the building where the annual general meeting of the French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies is to be held. (Rachel Boßmeyer/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Finding hope in "End Times"

White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" clash with counter-protesters as they enter Emancipation Park during the "Unite the Right" rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Last chance to avoid the "End Times"

Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

After Trump, is America doomed?

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Collage images of the pandemic (Salon/AP Photo)

Pandemic: End of globalization?

The calendar countdown and Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

With a new decade — a new hope?

Alex Jones; Donald Trump; Sean Hannity (AP/Getty/Salon)

Is there a human longing for chaos?

President Donald Trump and Reverend William Barber (AP/Evan Vucci/Gerry Broome)

What "norms" should we really support?

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Hope and danger: The wild year ahead

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Trump's Afghan contradiction

Unrest in Charlotte, NC, September 20, 2016. (Reuters/Adam Rhew)

Disintegration nation

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Anthropology explains Brexit

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