New Today -- 15 December 2017

Perspective

The end of net neutrality and the fight to defend the free internet

Thursday's move by the US government to end net neutrality seeks to usher in an age when corporations and the government decide what people can and cannot access online.

News & Analysis

World's richest one percent capture twice as much income growth as the bottom half

The inaugural World Inequality Report published by economist Thomas Piketty and his colleagues documents the rise in global income and wealth inequality since 1980.

Pentagon claims confrontation with Russian warplanes over Syria

PBS cancels "Tavis Smiley" show as sex witch-hunt expands

Autopsy report refutes claims young Ford worker was on drugs at time of factory shooting

Amid escalating corruption scandal, top UAW operatives step down

Investigation reveals employer impunity in Canadian workplace deaths

Construction worker killed in horrific incident at Australian gas project

Beijing warns against Australia's anti-China campaign

Militarism and crackdown on refugees dominate EU summit

Brexit crisis deepens after Tory revolt on eve of EU summit

Greek unions hold one-day general strike to protest Syriza's brutal austerity measures

UN special rapporteur on poverty visits LA's Skid Row

Book Review

Ron Chernow's Grant: An able and compelling new biography

Arts Review

Mudbound and life in post-World War II Mississippi: Dreaming "in brown"

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa