New Today -- 17 March 2016

Perspective

After the March 15 US primaries: The political role of the Sanders campaign

From the beginning, Sanders' role has been to serve as a lightning rod for social discontent and direct it into the dead end of the Democratic Party.

News & Analysis

Trump threatens violence at Republican National Convention

Trump's implied threat of violence against the leadership of his own party follows his instigation of attacks on protesters at his campaign rallies.

Obama's choice to replace Scalia on Supreme Court had won Republican praise

US Federal Reserve aligns itself closer to market demands

Flint emergency manager, EPA continue to dodge responsibility for water crisis

Second test of Flint water being performed by Virginia Tech

New Jersey Transit contract includes major concessions in health care costs

Argentina sinks Chinese fishing vessel

Mexican union leaders paid over $30 million for imposing cuts on oil workers

Refugees face death and despair on Greek-Macedonian border

French government, trade unions rework reactionary labor reform

UK Budget: Austerity for workers pays for tax breaks for corporations and the rich

Constitutional crisis in Poland continues

Glasgow City Council workers strike against cuts and poverty wages

Australian Greens join government in ramming through Senate voting changes

New Burmese president installed amid tensions with the military

Arts Review

Novelist Jonathan Franzen's Purity