New Today -- 13 February 2018

Perspective

2018 Winter Olympics held in Korea under shadow of war

This Olympics, like those that have preceded it, has been dominated by extreme expressions of nationalism and chauvinism, particularly by the US.

News & Analysis

US Congress begins debate on milestone anti-immigrant legislation

Immigrants could wish for no worse group of people to determine their fates than a Congress controlled by the corporations and the military-intelligence agencies.

ICE arrests immigrant at asylum interview in San Francisco

Texas woman, 38, falls victim to US flu epidemic and exorbitant drug costs

Trump war budget calls for sweeping cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps

German government plans massive military expansion in Iraq

Britain warned Sweden not to drop Assange extradition proceedings

French president Macron prepares to privatize railways

Russia's presidential elections: What is behind Ksenia Sobchak's candidacy?

Kentucky residents face water shutoffs as UK study exposes health dangers from leaking pipes

Puerto Rico blackout exposes the precarious state of the island's electrical grid

Kimberly-Clark to lay off over 600 workers and close two plants in Wisconsin

Australian Labor Party president warns of collapsing membership

Australian pseudo-left promotes Labor Party, Greens at "African gangs" rally

Arts Review

Public outcry forces Manchester Art Gallery to restore censored painting

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: the Americas