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The deaths of Tony Benn and Bob Crow in the same week have led many to ask what's left of the left. Plenty, actually – and in any case, it's not about individuals, it's about collective action.

Trans Pacific Partnership, Progressive Caucus Budget, NSA, Fukushima, Elizabeth Warren

A reform-union activist slate has won the election for Officers in the Los Angeles Teachers Union. This is the second largest teachers local union in the country. They have a long road to walk due to a discouraged membership.

Images of the infant Universe reveal evidence for rapid inflation after the Big Bang.

This lawsuit does not seek damages. It wants to tear down the NCAA.

John Kerry’s rhetoric is divorced from the reality on the ground, where life goes on – even at the barricades

Even under a progressive hero like FDR, we needed an independent left. Imagine how much more one is needed today.