New Today -- 31 December 2018

Perspective

One sixth of world's people want to flee their home countries

Some 750 million people, not including children, want to escape war, poverty, conflict and disease caused by capitalism.

News & Analysis

Opioid overdose deaths triple among US teens and young children

The depth of the opioid crisis facing young people points to the woefully inadequate response of the government to this social catastrophe as it spirals out of control.

Strike looms in Los Angeles as struggles by educators set to continue in 2019

Teacher unions in Washington state back Democrats' regressive school taxes

Amid widespread violence, Bangladesh's ruling party re-elected

Faurecia workers respond to exposure of conditions at US auto parts plant

India: Stalinist unions suppress Tamil Nadu auto strikes, promise "industrial peace"

US intelligence think tank conducted "false flag" operation impersonating Russian election interference

One year since Trump's tax cuts: a balance sheet

5,147 workers died at work in the United States in 2017

Facing possible liquidation, Sears to close 80 more stores in March

FCC to launch investigation of CenturyLink following US-wide 911 outage

UK: Cross-party moves escalate to prevent Brexit and secure second referendum

German AfD parliamentarian joins weapons drill of far-right group in South Africa

South Australian university partners with US defense contractor Lockheed Martin

Commentary

Der Spiegel's counterfeit journalism and the campaign against "fake news"

French "yellow vest" protests expose anti-worker role of New Anticapitalist Party

Academics and students oppose Cambridge University appointment of eugenicist Noah CarlPart 2

Ten years since Canada's constitutional coup

Arts Review

Best film and television of 2018

Musical highlights of 2018

This week in history

This week in history: December 31-January 6