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

Civilizations collapse: Are we next?

Paul Rosenberg
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"

Paul Rosenberg
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"

Paul Rosenberg
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

After Trump, is America doomed?

Paul Rosenberg
Collage images of the pandemic (Salon/AP Photo)

Pandemic: End of globalization?

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

With a new decade — a new hope?

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

Is there a human longing for chaos?

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

What "norms" should we really support?

Paul Rosenberg

Hope and danger: The wild year ahead

Paul Rosenberg
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Trump's Afghan contradiction

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

Disintegration nation

Paul Rosenberg
(Reuters/Darren Staples)

Anthropology explains Brexit

Paul Rosenberg