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Norway's parliamentary elections on Monday, September 11, 2017 will point the way forward for the country's left.

Would something like us have appeared if that asteroid had missed?

On August 31st, the National Football League ended it’s much ballyhooed $30 million commitment to fund the National Institute of Health’s research into football-related brain injuries. The NIH balked, with $16 million unspent, when the NFL tried to place restrictions on its “unrestricted gift.” The NFL, with projected revenues of $14 billion in 2017, has taken the science in-house, ending any pretense NFL-funded “concussion" research will be independent.

Complaining About Hillary's Campaign Book Is a Huge Waste of the Progressive Movement's Time. Why aren't they focusing on the anti-democratic practices that split the Democratic Party?

The workers protested against unreasonable rules, including a required three-day notice to take leave for a death in the family.

The fiscal constraints the island’s bondholders have inflicted will make hurricane recovery very difficult.

The researchers behind this experimental communication network developed by the US government campaigned for it to become a national common carrier, making its benefits available to the broader public.

Poet Wendy Drexler picks a single marking on a tunnel wall to celebrate the value a single aspect of someone’s labor.

Suddenly, Marx is cool again, mainly because he was, and remains today, one of capitalism’s most astute critics. Happy Birthday Karl, and thanks.

The discussions that have drawn Mueller's interest include President Trump's decision to fire FBI Director Comey and inaction after warnings about then-national security adviser Michael Flynn.