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Keith A. Spencer

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.

Children arrive at Woodmont Baptist Church to be reunited with their families after a mass shooting at The Covenant School on March 27, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Seth Herald/Getty Images)

Surviving the unthinkable: A psychologist explains how to help kids recover after a school shooting

Keith A. Spencer
Silhouette Depress Woman Sitting And Hold Smartphone (Getty Images / Krisda Ponchaipulltawee / EyeEm)

Depression may not stem from a “chemical imbalance” after all — suggesting the problem is social

Matthew Rozsa, Keith A. Spencer
Superhero in the office break room having a snack (Getty Images/Mint Images)

The labor laws of the superhero universe amount to disturbing propaganda

Keith A. Spencer
Moon or Planet Being Destroyed Explosion (Getty Images/cokada)

Pentagon-funded research proposed nuking moon in an attempt to discover anti-gravity

Eric Schank, Keith A. Spencer
Sad woman sitting in the crowd (Getty Images/studiostockart)

How shame became cultural currency

Keith A. Spencer
A part of complex Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is seen underground during the Open Days at the CERN particle physics research facility on September 14, 2019 in Meyrin, Switzerland. The 27km-long Large Hadron Collider is currently shut down for maintenance, which has created an opportunity to offer access to the public. (Ronald Patrick/Getty Images)

Posing a hefty problem for physicists, a fundamental particle weighs in heavier than expected

Nicole Karlis, Keith A. Spencer
Infusion tubes are seen at the bedside of an intubated COVID-19 patient in an intensive care room at the Asklepios Clinic (Getty Images/Matthias Balk)

The media has lost the plot on ivermectin

Keith A. Spencer
Inner city Detroit, Michigan (Getty Images/iStock/peeterv)

In a riotous and timely memoir, a writer tells her story of winning a “free” house in Detroit

Keith A. Spencer
he Muon g-2 ring sits in its detector hall amidst electronics racks, the muon beamline, and other equipment. This impressive experiment operates at negative 450 degrees Fahrenheit and studies the precession (or wobble) of muons as they travel through the magnetic field. (Reidar Hahn/Fermilab)

Why some physicists are skeptical about the muon experiment that hints at “new physics”

Nicole Karlis, Keith A. Spencer
"The Simpsons" Season 32 episode "Undercover Burns" (FOX)

“The Simpsons” hasn’t declined due to bad writing; its outdated politics no longer make sense

Keith A. Spencer
American director Martin Scorsese on set (Columbia Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

Why the left loves Martin Scorsese movies – especially right now

Keith A. Spencer
Macon Blair and Rosamund Pike in "I care a Lot" (Seacia Pavao/Netflix)

“I Care A Lot” is a stinging indictment of neoliberal “girlboss” feminism

Keith A. Spencer
(Photo illustration by Salon/Keith Spencer)

Best of 2020: How I stole my bike back

Keith A. Spencer
UFO flying toward Earth (Getty Images)

Why do smart people lie about alien encounters?

Matthew Rozsa, Keith A. Spencer
(Photo illustration by Salon/Cardboard Computer)

“Kentucky Route Zero,” a magical realism masterpiece, is proof art can thrive in trying times

Keith A. Spencer
Trump supporters rally in front of Trump Tower and march down 5th Avenue on October 25, 2020 in New York City. As the Presidential election approaches, Trump supporters are becoming more visible, with frequent rallies and caravans. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

Trump is defeated. Trumpism is more alive than ever

Keith A. Spencer
No Rules by Sharon Dukett | Hippies standing in front of mini bus, holding musical instruments (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/She Writes Press)

Counterculture memoirist Sharon Dukett on what we learned (and forgot) from the hippies

Keith A. Spencer
Albert Einstein (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Physics is stuck — and needs another Einstein to revolutionize it, physicist Avi Loeb says

Keith A. Spencer
Robert Reich | Registered nurses and health care workers protest a lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) available for frontline workers amid the coronavirus pandemic (Win McNamee/Mario Tama/Getty Images)

In an exclusive interview, Robert Reich explains how oligarchs are “cashing in” on the pandemic

Keith A. Spencer
A member of the medical staff comforts a patient infected by the novel coronavirus (PIERO CRUCIATTI/AFP/Getty Images)

What it feels like to survive COVID-19’s dreaded “cytokine storm”

Keith A. Spencer
House plants in pots with a bee sitting inside one of the flowers (Getty Images/Shraddha Dharmameher/FOAP)

Nature surrounds us, even in quarantine

Keith A. Spencer
Bernie Sanders (Twitter/AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

There is hard data that shows “Bernie Bros” are a myth

Keith A. Spencer
A collage of memes: Distracted Boyfriend, Gene Wilder, Philosophy Dinosaur, and Clenched Fist (Salon/KnowYourMeme)

What’s in a meme? A brief history of what Salon thinks memes are

Keith A. Spencer
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a campaign rally at University of Nevada February 18, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Bernie Sanders is a very unusual candidate — but that narrative is lost on the mainstream media

Keith A. Spencer
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