Op-Ed | Brain Damage: Children Suffer the Consequences of Anti-Regulation in Michigan Thousands of children who drank contaminated water are facing the health consequences of right-wing mantras put into practice. By Brian Moench , Truthout January 7, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | The Bundy Boys Want to Take Us Back to the Articles of Confederation In other words, what we're seeing in Oregon right now isn't just a fight over federal land; it's also fight over the fundamental meaning of the Constitution. By The Daily Take Team , TheThomHartmannProgram January 7, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace The US Revisits the Dark Side: Candidates Compete to Promise the Most Torture From the look of the presidential campaign, war crimes are back on the US agenda. By Rebecca Gordon , TomDispatch January 7, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor African Women Organize to Reclaim Agriculture Against Corporate Takeover Everybody originated with indigenous ways of living and the way of Mother Earth. By Mphatheleini Makaulele , OtherWorlds January 6, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor The Duality of 21st-Century Capitalism The silver lining to the exploitation of workers has been the ever-growing standard of living resulting from the expansion of capitalism. By George Ygarza , Speakout January 6, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace We Refuse the War That Is Being Waged in Our Name and Demand the Lifting of the State of Emergency in France The 2015 law significantly broadens the powers granted to the executive branch. By editorial committee , Mouvements January 5, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Bundy Militia Claims Indigenous Paiute Land as Oregon Land The “legal” basis for starting a fight with the federal government is that sovereignty “really” belongs to Oregon rather than the Paiutes. By Steve Russell , IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork January 5, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Four Awful New Laws to Start 2016 Here are four new state laws and restrictions that are bound to make life harder for those with the least resources. By Robin Marty , Care2 January 5, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace Why ISIS Is in the Minor Leagues of Terror Why we need to put security threats into perspective for 2016. By Tom Engelhardt , TomDispatch January 5, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Big Strides for Health-Care Reform The captive media and the right's pet “experts” hype every bit of bad news about the ACA, but go silent when the news is good. By Paul Krugman , Krugman&Co. January 5, 2016 Truthout