New Today -- 16 March 2018

Perspective

The significance of the mass student protests against gun violence in America

While Democrats and the media have sought to restrict the protests to calls for gun control, there are much broader issues behind the politicization of young people in the US.

News & Analysis

Washington imposes sanctions against Russia

The sanctions over alleged Russian cyberattacks and "interference" in US elections came as Washington joined the UK, France and Germany in indicting Moscow for the poisoning of a former Russian spy.

Trump to fire National Security Adviser McMaster as personalist circle tightens

Oklahoma Senate rejects pay raise as teachers ready for strike

Bridge collapse in Miami kills at least four

Senate Democrats join Republicans to gut Dodd-Frank banking regulations

Farm worker parents of six children die in car crash while fleeing ICE agents

Three package bombs explode in Austin, Texas, killing two

Ontario Conservatives select right-wing populist Doug Ford as leader

German grand coalition takes office as most right-wing government since 1945

Former student sues university for cost of her education

New Zealand: Reject the union sellout of Wellington rail workers!

South Australian election campaign points to deepening political alienation

Australia: By-election education "debate" reveals bogus Greens-Labor contest

Arts Review

The shattering of what's left of the American Dream: Generation Wealth, Game Girls, Lemonade

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa