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David Masciotra is the author of six books, including "Exurbia Now: The Battleground of American Democracy" and "I Am Somebody: Why Jesse Jackson Matters." He has written for the New Republic, Washington Monthly, CrimeReads, No Depression, and many other publications about politics, music and literature.

Donald Trump holding bags of money (Getty Images/Salon)

Trump’s real base isn’t the famous “white working class” — it’s the billionaire class

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Dick Cheney, Qassem Soleimani, and Bernie Sanders (AP Photo/Salon)

America’s war machine rolls on — and most Democrats do nothing to stop it

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Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders (AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon)

What does it mean to be “too far left” — and why are conservatives not scolded about centrism?

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A soldier stands next to the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on November 13, 2019. - At least seven people were killed and seven wounded when a car bomb detonated during Kabul's busy morning rush hour on November 13, an interior ministry spokesman said. (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo by (STR/AFP via Getty Images)

After the Afghanistan Papers, a big question: Will America ever give up its love affair with war?

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Impeachment Hearing Photographers (Jeff Malet Photography)

Impeachment as spectacle: To this point, it’s stupid, dysfunctional and weird — like America!

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Penny pinching VS Counting stacks (Getty Images/Salon)

Anyone who says, “It’s the economy, stupid” is being stupid

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Democratic Presidential Candidates Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Getty Images/Salon)

The conservatism of Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Eric Krasno, aka Kraz and his new album "Telescope" (Photos provided by publicist)

A Brooklyn gentrification soundtrack: Kraz’s “Telescope,” a timely New York story

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Bombing of the presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, during the CIA-sponsored coup of Sept. 11, 1973. (Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile)

“Resistance” liberals love the FBI and CIA. History says they don’t love you back

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A soldier walks past open sewage on December 14, 2005 in Az Zubayr near Basra in southern Iraq. (John Moore/Getty Images)

“The destruction of a society”: First the U.S. invaded Iraq — then we left it poisoned

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Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday, March 28, 2019. (AP/Paul Sancya)

Donald Trump and the Republican Party hate America: It’s time to say it

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The inspiring poetics of Tedeschi Trucks Band

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President Donald Trump speaks during a Made in America showcase on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Whose country is “broken and crime infested,” Mr. President? Spoiler: It’s ours

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Independent of everything: Is America too dumb for democracy?

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Brewing a “Coffeehouse Resistance”: Hopeful activism that’s organized and energized

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Gov't Mule (Geoff Tischman)

The spontaneous magic of Gov’t Mule in concert: “We feel more comfortable on stage than anywhere”

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"Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand; Libertarian stickers that were handed out are seen at the National Libertarian Party Convention, Friday, May 27, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. (AP/John Raoux/Signet)

My regrettable libertarian romance: I rebounded from my experimental phase, but many don’t

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The Punisher skull and logo from tMarvel's "The Punisher" (Getty/Gregg DeGuire)

The Punisher skull: Unofficial logo of the white American death cult

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Trump’s authoritarianism can never be treated like business as usual

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(David McClister)

Son Volt’s Jay Farrar is “singing about the dark times” on “Union,” the new protest album

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Jussie Smollett; Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (Getty/Nuccio DiNuzzo/AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

The absurd outrage over Jussie Smollett

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(Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Trump’s racist delusions and the global threat of white hate

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Donald Trump hugs the U.S. flag during CPAC 2019 on March 02, 2019 in National Harbor, Maryland. (Getty/Tasos Katopodis)

Can America recover from Trump? A radicalized right wing suggests dangers ahead

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Alejandro Escovedo (AP/John Davisson)

In “The Crossing” Alejandro Escovedo has crafted a rock ‘n’ roll immigration epic poem

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