New Today -- 5 May 2017

Perspective

The human cost of the US-Mexico border: More than 6,000 bodies found since 2000

The mass casualties along the US-Mexico border are the outcome of deliberate policies of the US government, both Democrat and Republican, going back at least two decades.

News & Analysis

House Republicans pass draconian health care legislation

The American Health Care Act is a reactionary bill that builds on the regressive, pro-corporate framework of the legislation popularly known as Obamacare.

Ahead of May 7 runoff, French right-wing Les Rpublicains on verge of split

8,000 Flint residents face foreclosure for failing to pay for poisoned water

Puerto Rican bankruptcy: A prelude to savage austerity and pension cuts

US show of force intensifies pressure on North Korea and China

Pentagon in talks with Baghdad on permanent US occupation of Iraq

Senate hearing gives a glimpse of political warfare within the FBI

Woman faces year in jail after laughing at US attorney general confirmation hearing

Higher education and upward mobility increasingly inaccessible to poor in the US

Alitalia bankruptcy exacerbates social tensions in Italy

Woman jailed in Britain for six months for begging for 50 pence

Turkish government launches crackdown on Internet, opposition parties

Free the Maruti Suzuki workers!

Sri Lankan workers and students oppose Maruti Suzuki frame-up

Arts

National Bird, about drone warfare, currently available on PBS "Independent Lens"

Commentary

Apple's $257 billion cash hoard and parasitic accumulation

The ICFI's International May Day Online Rally

The class issues in the British election

The fight for socialist internationalism in Latin America