New Today -- 24 July 2017

Perspective

American nightmare: Nine immigrants suffocate to death in trailer left in Texas parking lot

The 30 survivors of the horrific tragedy will likely be thrown into detention centers and promptly deported without the right to appear before a judge.

News & Analysis

Former US intelligence chiefs urge Congress, executive to defy Trump

Former CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper attacked Trump at a forum of the national security establishment in Aspen, Colorado.

After Trump visit to Poland: PiS government adopts new authoritarian measures

Trump threatens Iran, plots to scuttle nuclear accord

German government escalates confrontation with Turkey

Local London authorities escalate property assets sale to private sector

Divisions mount in Spain's Podemos as Catalan independence referendum looms

US: Growing danger of children overdosing from opioids

Minneapolis police chief resigns over police murder of Justine Damond

Teachers' unions attract few at "March for Public Education" in Washington, D.C.

Harley Davidson to cut 180 jobs at Milwaukee and Kansas City plants

South Korea extends deadline for talks with the North

Hundreds of thousands of Australian dwellings unoccupied as housing crisis deepens

Centenary of the Russian Revolution

July 24July 31: Counterrevolution rears its head

Trying Days

Commentary

Mlenchon hails French army as he launches movement against Macron's cuts

Arts

Jay-Z's 4:44: A further display of hubris and self-absorption

History

Fifty years since the Detroit rebellion

Workers Struggles

Connecticut Democrats, unions impose $1.5 billion in givebacks on state workers