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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.

Toppled and damaged headstones at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia, Feb. 27, 2017. (AP/Jacqueline Larma)

Anti-Semitism in the alt-right age: It’s “the bellwether of society”

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Dumb it down, Democrats — or prepare to lose again

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It’s time to get real about working class jobs

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The Ghost of Tom Joad - Bruce Springsteen (AP/Mike Derer/Columbia Records)

Bruce Springsteen’s “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” then and now

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Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Jeff Malet Photography)

The case for open borders: Stop defending DACA recipients while condemning the “sins” of their parents

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Is Ted Cruz human? An investigation

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My hometown Confederate war

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Rev. Jesse Jackson (AP/Rich Fury)

Jesse Jackson keeps fighting for voter rights: “We now live under the rulebook of Jeff Sessions”

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Barack Obama (Getty/Leigh Vogel)

Barack Obama, invisible president: To truly see him requires white Americans to see themselves

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Steve Earle (AP/Mark Humphrey)

Steve Earle’s outlaw heart

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Bruce Springsteen (AP/Markus Schreiber)

Springsteen’s “Rising”: How Bruce reclaimed his role as a vital voice for America

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A Confederate flag with a depiction of Donald Trump (AP/Evan Vucci)

Trump won on “white fright”: Why identity politics win elections

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Staggering right-wing hypocrisy: America is not going to “come together” under GOP politics of division

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Tucker Carlson; Lisa Durden (Fox News)

There is a campus war on free speech — but it’s not being waged by “snowflake” students

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James Mattis; Donald Trump (AP/J. Scott Applewhite/Getty/Molly)

Isn’t Trump supposed to be commander-in-chief?

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John Mellencamp (Marc Houser)

“I’m a blue guy in a red state”: John Mellencamp and the search for an American soul

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Gov't Mule (Jacob Blickenstaff)

Gov’t Mule’s “Revolution”: Hope for an angry and divided land

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Steve Bannon (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Steve Bannon’s dark pursuit of a meaningful life

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“Cultural anxiety” is unpatriotic: America’s mission is for liberty and justice for all

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Richard Ford (AP/Lionel Cironneau)

Parents are people first — who may even love each other more than the kids

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Bernie Sanders; Donald Trump; Bill Maher (Reuters/Scott Audette/AP/Janet Van Ham/Getty/Mandel Ngan)

Stop blaming “identity politics”: With white liberals like these, who needs the right wing?

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The Rolling Stones, photographed in January, 1967. (Keystone/Getty Images)

The art of rock ‘n’ roll belongs to the Rolling Stones

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The truth about the campus “free speech wars”

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Hillary hatred, exposed: What drives America’s never-ending case against Clinton

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