Op-Ed | Human Rights Work: From Uzbekistan to Anti-TTIP Organizing Human rights mechanisms fail to ensure reparations, while trade dispute panels protect the right to profit. By Preeti Kaur , teleSUR October 20, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace The Secret to Winning the Nobel Peace Prize: Keep the US Military Out That this year's Nobel Prize will go to a Tunisian group of civil organizations that struggled to bring peace - not war - to their land has special meaning. By Rebecca Gordon , TomDispatch October 20, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Exxon’s Climate Cover-Up Exxon knows - and its known for almost 40 years - that the basis of its business model is a threat to humanity. By The Daily Take Team , TheThomHartmannProgram October 20, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Democrats Get a Gift From the Fed The prospect of an interest rate hike in the remaining months of 2015 is highly unlikely. By Dean Baker , Truthout October 19, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Canada Is in a Crisis of Epic Proportions Indigenous peoples, the environment and basic human rights have been sacrificed under Stephen Harper's government. By Pamela D. Palmater , teleSUR October 19, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Lifting the Ban on Women’s Shelters in Iraq: Promoting Change in Conflict There is a crisis level need for shelter, so why is there policy that stymies temporary housing? By Lisa Davis , openDemocracy October 19, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Fortress Europe Continues to Treat Migrants as Criminals All this emphasis on policing and military measures is based on the idea that being a refugee is a crime. By Dimitris Dalakoglou & Antonios Alexandridis , TheConversation October 19, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace By Pulling Out US Troops, We Can Prevent More Tragedies Like Kunduz The best way to ensure that US troops won't bomb civilian targets in Afghanistan is to pull them out. By Medea Benjamin , ForeignPolicyinFocus October 19, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace Putting Out the Syrian Fire: Can Diplomacy Do What War Couldn’t? Diplomacy offers a potential path to a different history, a path away from ceaseless violence. By Mattea Kramer & Jo Comerford , TomDispatch October 19, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | The FCC Aims to Lower Cost of Prison Phone Calls in Historic Vote A recently released proposal by the FCC calls for sweeping reform of the prison phone industry, but it does not go far enough. By Brian Dolinar , Truthout October 19, 2015 Truthout