New Today -- 18 July 2017

Perspective

The opioid epidemic in the US: A national health emergency

The drug epidemic is a symptom of a diseased social system, the product nearly four decades of social counterrevolution overseen by the ruling class and its political representatives, Democratic and Republican.

News & Analysis

Australian woman fatally shot by Minneapolis police officer

Justine Damond was gunned down by police officer Mohamed Noor in an alleyway after calling 911 to report a suspected assault.

Democrats press anti-Russia campaign, now targeting Trump son-in-law

Study finds financial parasitism contributes to the high cost of drugs

Michigan researchers investigate connection between Flint water crisis and high infant mortality rate

Leader of group of deported US veterans in Mexico speaks out

French National Assembly approves enabling act to rewrite labor law

Germany and France to jointly develop new fighter jet

Syriza offers big business mega-profits in Greece

South Korea proposes military talks with North Korea

Indian-US-Japanese naval exercises in Indian Ocean target China

Mali war spilling into Burkina Faso, Niger

Deepening political crisis around Papua New Guinea elections

New Zealand bus workers threatened with pay and job cuts

International Amazon Workers Voice

AmazonFresh worker reveals: Amazon illegally keeps workers in a freezer for over two hours at a time

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: The Americas