David Masciotra (page 3)

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.

War; Money; Military Funding
As the pandemic has made clear, America has no welfare state — but we sure have a warfare state David Masciotra
Vladimir Putin; Donald Trump
Get over your Russia obsession, liberals: Vladimir Putin's not responsible for America's sorry state David Masciotra
Conferederate Monumentl Black Lives Matter
Statues versus protesters: Trump and the GOP favor the dead over the living David Masciotra
Lafayette Square; Protesters
Images of power: When will American politics move past spectacle and sensation? David Masciotra
Protest; Police
"Law and order": A debased concept used to cover up right-wing crime and depravity David Masciotra
Donald Trump and Anthony Fauci
Anti-intellectualism is back — because it never went away. And it's killing Americans David Masciotra
Donald Trump; Human Suffering
America's indifference to death is nothing new: But it's made this crisis much worse David Masciotra
Money; People; Nation VS Economy
It's time to reject the gods of commerce: America is a society, not an "economy" David Masciotra
Donald Trump
Trump is insane: And it's time for leading Democrats to say that out loud David Masciotra
Bob Dylan
"Murder Most Foul": Unpacking Bob Dylan's new epic, from Dallas 1963 to the pandemic of 2020 David Masciotra
Tattered American flag flapping in ominous sky
Home of the brave? Coronavirus epidemic reveals America's fundamental weakness David Masciotra
Donald Trump; Betsy DeVos; Mike Pence
The right wanted to destroy the "administrative state": Coronavirus is why we need it David Masciotra
Founding Fathers; James Madison; Alexander Hamilton; Donald Trump
America's fatal flaw: The founders assumed our leaders would have some basic decency David Masciotra
Donald Trump
Trump's real base isn't the famous "white working class" — it's the billionaire class David Masciotra
Dick Cheney; Qassem Soleimani; Bernie Sanders
America's war machine rolls on — and most Democrats do nothing to stop it David Masciotra