Stories by Jim Hightower

Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the new book, "Swim Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go With the Flow." (Wiley, March 2008) He publishes the monthly "Hightower Lowdown," co-edited by Phillip Frazer. subscribe to Jim Hightower's feed

The New Crime of Eating While Homeless (Hard Times, USA)

Posted on: May 23, 2013, Source: Other Words

By outlawing dumpster diving, Houston is making life impossible for the most vulnerable.

Jim Hightower: Let Me Tell You About a Guy Named Jamie's Suffering and Economic Hardship

Posted on: Jan 30, 2013, Source: AlterNet

A true Wall St. sob story.

How Our Universities Have Been Turned into Corporate Marketing Centers

Posted on: Jan 11, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Universities that once prided themselves as being centers of free thinking are increasingly dominated by corporate-think, turning their institutions into sales centers.

Progressive Victories You May Have Missed in 2012

Posted on: Dec 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

These victories came in campaigns that had no candidates — no Democrats, Republicans or other party designations.

Welcome to 'Michiganistan'

Posted on: Dec 20, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Welcome to the first autocratic czardom in the nation.

Why the Fracking Industry Is Lying About its "Free-market Success"

Posted on: Oct 17, 2012, Source: Other Words

Supporters and leaders of the hydraulic fracturing industry aren't being honest about government support for this new natural gas boom.

Three Big Myths Right-Wing Propagandists Are Spreading to Frame the 2012 Election

Posted on: Oct 8, 2012, Source: Hightower Lowdown

All in the name of disempowering the many and enthroning the privileged few.

There's Been a Dictatorial Coup -- Koch Bros. Have a Bunch of Czars Running Cities Across Michigan

Posted on: Sep 25, 2012, Source: Hightower Lowdown

This is a national scandal, and few people have noticed.

Movie Theater Solution to Preventing Mass Murder by Guys with More Guns Than Rambo? Search Women's Purses

Posted on: Sep 23, 2012, Source: Hightower Lowdown

The Colorado shooter had an armory of weapons that wouldn't fit in any purse. And need I point out that he was a he?

Could You Raise Your Kids on Less Than $15,000 a Year? Millions of Parents Are Forced to Learn How

Posted on: Sep 3, 2012, Source: Hightower Lowdown

Increasing the minimum wage to just $10.00 from $7.25 would be a shot in the arm to poverty-stricken Americans.

Hey Monsanto -- I Want My Tomatoes From Nature, Not Your Labs

Posted on: Jul 15, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The biotech industry is willing to tamper with our food supply, our kids' minds and our basic consumer rights.

7 Plutocrats That Bankrolled the GOP Primary -- and What They Want in Return

Posted on: Jun 9, 2012, Source: Hightower Lowdown

Our elections have replaced horse racing as the sport of the nation's most obscenely wealthy.

Monsanto Vs Nature: The Weeds Fight Back

Posted on: Jun 5, 2012, Source: Other Words

So much of Monsanto's poison was spread in the past decade that weeds naturally developed a resistance to it.

What's Really in Your Expensive Steak? You'd Be Surprised

Posted on: Jun 5, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Do you prefer it with a nice Bernaise sauce, a side of garlicky spinach -- or maybe some transglutaminase? Yes, "meat glue" -- it's what's for dinner!

One Thing Americans Can Count On: Banker Greed Is Bottomless

Posted on: May 23, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Big Beer Brewers Like Anheuser-Busch Are Drunk on Greed

Posted on: May 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

How the beer lobby is taking advantage of addiction.

Ask Your Doctor if This Big Pharma Scam Is Right for You: The Dangers of a Drugged Up America

Posted on: May 8, 2012, Source: Hightower Lowdown

In medicated America, the fix for every problem is just a prescription away. Except that it's not.

Keystone XL's Dirty Little Secret

Posted on: Apr 12, 2012, Source: Other Words

Whistleblowers: Speaking Truth About Power

Posted on: Mar 14, 2012, Source: Creators.com

State Parks Under Assault by Corporate Profiteering

Posted on: Feb 27, 2012, Source: Other Words

Rick Santorum Thinks You Have No Right to Privacy, Wants Inside Your Bedroom

Posted on: Feb 20, 2012, Source: Other Words

After Bankruptcy Hostess Vows to Keep Making Twinkies, But Sacrifices Workers

Posted on: Feb 15, 2012, Source: Other Words

Hostess will make employees less secure by busting their pensions, cutting their medical benefits and abrogating their labor contracts.

How Team Obama, the GOP, and Tea Partiers Are All Intruding on Your Rights

Posted on: Feb 12, 2012, Source: Hightower Lowdown

In the Constitution, "security" means protection from our law enforcers, not by them.

Rising Egalitarianism Is Changing American Politics -- For the Better

Posted on: Jan 2, 2012, Source: Other Words

Will Americans Ever Stop Throwing Their Money at Corporate Crap and Give Gifts That Truly Matter?

Posted on: Dec 27, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Americans are buying from local artisans, fair-trade merchants, certified sweatshop-free manufacturers and others in the burgeoning non-corporate economy.

Missoulians Are Fighting to Overturn 'Citizens United' -- And You Can, Too

Posted on: Dec 19, 2011, Source: Other Words

If You Are Not Outraged, You Are Not Paying Attention: 5 Major Ways Corporate Elites Are Degrading America

Posted on: Dec 14, 2011, Source: Hightower Lowdown

While it can be disheartening to see the smallness of those in power, don't let it get you down, for they want us to become so disheartened that we give up.

This Veterans Day, Don't Just Salute Veterans -- Rally With Them

Posted on: Nov 11, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Vets are rallying with the Occupy movement, expressing their anger at being used in two senseless wars that enriched corporate contractors.

Don't Just Salute Veterans, Rally With Them

Posted on: Nov 9, 2011, Source: Creators.com

What Billionaire Tim Paulson Thinks of Wall Street Protesters

Posted on: Oct 31, 2011, Source: Other Words

Manliness in a Can? Dr. Pepper's New Soda Is a Laugh

Posted on: Oct 24, 2011, Source: Other Words

Why Is Texas' School Budget Being Cut to Give Big Oil a Tax Refund?

Posted on: Oct 10, 2011, Source: Other Words

After Years of 'Research' and Millions of Dollars, Is Wendy's New Burger Really Any Better?

Posted on: Oct 3, 2011, Source: Other Words

The "improved" Wendy's burger has a fattier beef patty, a buttered bun, and whole-fat mayonnaise — weighing in at 33 grams of fat and 580 calories per burger.

The Corporate Takeover of the 2012 Presidential Election

Posted on: Sep 26, 2011, Source: Other Words

Perry Tale: Ignore His Hypocritical Hype And Look At How Much Government Assistance He's Gotten

Posted on: Sep 21, 2011, Source: Creators.com

How Rick Perry Has Been on the Public Dole His Whole Life

Posted on: Sep 6, 2011, Source: AlterNet

When this taxpayer-supported lifer flits into your town to declare that he will slash public benefits, he means in your life, not his.

Michigan's Right-Wing Governor Is Now Being Sued by His Own Citizenry

Posted on: Sep 5, 2011, Source: Other Words

Corporate Elites Still Doing a Job on American Workers

Posted on: Aug 31, 2011, Source: Creators.com

By Not Creating Jobs, Obama Is Not Doing His Own Job. So Do We Have A President or Not?

Posted on: Aug 24, 2011, Source: Creators Syndicate

Instead of making jobs Priority No.1, Obama put Wall Street banksters first, dumping trillions of dollars from public funds into saving those who crashed our economy.

How a Corporatist Supreme Court Cabal Joined Forces With Right Wing and Kochs to Quietly Sell Out Our Democracy

Posted on: Aug 5, 2011, Source: Hightower Lowdown

Corrupt, right-wing Supreme Court justices are abusing their power, fraternizing with the Koch brothers and fixing elections (among other horrors).

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