New Today -- 22 February 2018

Perspective

The 2018 Munich Security Conference and the emerging conflict between the US and Europe

This weekend's conference was dominated by rising, potentially violent conflict between the major powers, notably the United States and Europe.

News & Analysis

Student protests spread over US school shootings

Thousands of students took part in demonstrations and school walkouts from coast to coast, while a delegation of survivors of the Parkland massacre visited the White House.

West Virginia legislature issues ultimatum to teachers as statewide walkout begins

Growing opposition to public education cuts in Oklahoma

Indian authorities intensify vendetta against framed-up Maruti-Suzuki workers

Syrian government offensive prompts calls for intensified US military intervention

Syrian conflict further escalates as pro-Syrian forces enter Afrin

UNICEF: Social inequality costs the lives of 7,000 newborns daily

Brazilian army general tapped to take over law enforcement in Rio de Janeiro

German Greens criticize lack of military "readiness"

370 miners to lose their jobs at Pennsylvania coal mine

The fraud of the "left turn" in Canada's NDP

Part Two: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's bankrupt third run for Mexican president

Bangladesh opposition leader jailed for five years on corruption charges

Australian government to deport Tamil refugee despite torture warnings

Autoworkers Struggles

Still no serious investigation into death of Jacoby Hennings

Arts Review

Ryan Coogler's Black Panther: A hollow "defining moment" cloaked in identity politics

Commentary

New York Times editorial page editor James Bennett and the strange case of Quinn Norton

BBC gender pay row: Selective outrage of wealthy women

Workers Struggles

UK university lecturers and college staff strike against pension cuts and wage cap