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Keith A. Spencer is a social critic and author. Previously a senior editor at Salon, he writes about capitalism, science, labor and culture, and published a book on how Silicon Valley is destroying the world. Keep up with his writing on Twitter, Facebook, or Substack.

UC Santa Cruz sign (University of California Santa Cruz website / economics.ucsc.edu)

Threats against striking UC Santa Cruz students backfire as Sen. Sanders steps in

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The stolen bicycle. (Keith A. Spencer)

How I stole my bike back — and what I learned about anti-theft measures along the way

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Supporters await Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders as he campaigns at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. (Bernie Sanders Supporters)

Why does the “Bernie Bro” myth persist? Because pundits don’t understand how the internet works

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Local residents check-in after arriving at an Iowa Democratic caucus at Hoover High School, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

First lesson of the Iowa meltdown: Don’t entrust democracy to the techies

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An illustration shows a man exhaling smoke from an electronic cigarette in Washington, DC on October 2, 2018. - In just three years, the electronic cigarette manufacturer Juul has swallowed the American market with its vaporettes in the shape of a USB key. Its success represents a public health dilemma for health authorities in the United States and elsewhere. (Photo by EVA HAMBACH / AFP) (Photo credit should read EVA HAMBACH/AFP/Getty Images) (Eva Hambach/AFP/Getty Images)

The art of scientific deception: How corporations use “mercenary science” to evade regulation

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Paul Krugman (Fred R. Conrad/ The New York Times Redux/ Getty Images/ Salon)

Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman is here to fight the undead

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(Getty/RapidEye)

A new psych paper perfectly explains why being extremely online makes you cynical

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David Talbot (Chronicle Prism/Getty Images/Salon)

David Talbot on how journalism has changed: “I wouldn’t have been able to start Salon today”

Nicole Karlis, Keith A. Spencer
Plane Contrails (Getty Images)

Why solve climate change when you can monetize it?

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As minimum wage increases, so too does mental health (Salon/Ilana Lidagoster)

Raising the minimum wage could prevent thousands of suicides, researchers find

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In this photo illustration, a Blue Apron box waits to be opened on a kitchen counter (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

Against meal kits

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

How Facebook misunderstands free speech

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(etsy.com)

Meet “Blue Lives Mickey”: What the worst t-shirt in the world says about America

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Cosmic Crisp apples, a new variety and the first-ever bred in Washington state, sit on the tree ready to be picked at an orchard in Wapato, Wash. The Cosmic Crisp, available beginning Dec. 1, is expected to be a game changer in the apple industry. Already, growers have planted 12 million Cosmic Crisp apple trees, a sign of confidence in the new variety. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

The Cosmic Crisp apple is not the future

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Diptych of a fan flashing the peace sign during the concert marking the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock music festival, and Curtis white author of "Living in a World That Can't Be Fixed" (Author photo provided by publicist/Mario Tama/Getty Images/Salon)

Critic Curtis White: Capitalism needs workers who are “stupid-smart”

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Starbucks red holiday cup, and a vandalized Starbucks cafe. (Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images/Salon)

Ten years of Starbucks’ travails perfectly encapsulate the 2010s

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Plate with just crumbs (Getty Images)

The piecemeal welfare state

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Husbands of the internet insist their wives don't get them. (Getty Images/Reddit/Twitter/Salon)

The wives of the Internet don’t approve

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(Twitter)

Who is behind the right-wing Bolivian botnet?

Keith A. Spencer, Nicole Karlis
A for sale sign is seen on a single family home in Vallejo, California. (David Paul Morris/Getty Images)

Housing price slump in the expensive Bay Area could signify economic shift ahead

Keith A. Spencer, Nicole Karlis
Amazon affecting election results (Getty Images/Salon)

Amazon’s electioneering in Seattle is more evidence that capitalism and democracy are incompatible

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(AP/Eddie Adams/Shutterstock/Mireia Triguero Roura)

Will “post-truth” politics be capitalism’s undoing?

Keith A. Spencer
The Earth if it had two moons (Getty Images/Salon)

Do we owe our existence to the Moon?

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"The Last Effort and Fall of Tippoo Sultaun," by Henry Singleton, c.1800 (Wiki Commons)

What happens when a corporation colonizes a country?

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