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Jim Hightower

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Jim Hightower is an American populist, spreading his message of democratic hope via national radio commentaries, columns, books, his award-winning monthly newsletter (The Hightower Lowdown) and barnstorming tours all across America.

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It's time to name the tea party politicians (and their sponsors)--and call them out

AgriBUSINESS is at war with agriCULTURE

Egged on by the Hawks of Doom, Obama sinks America into a misguided war with the Islamic State

Mavericks and mad-as-hellers march to Washington for a pro-democracy rebellion. Because it's time.

1984 at the Grocery Store

Obama Inc.

Mitch McConnell Is a Supreme Hypocrite

Banks Defend Their Right to Be Dishonest

Using Lunch to Punish the Poor

The plutocrats who bankrolled the GOP primaries -- and what they want in return

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is not about free trade. It's a corporate coup d'etat -- against us!

How industry devoured American agriculture -- and corrupted our food system from the inside

This California Scheme Is Bad for Your Health

Wall Street's Fix for Homelessness

Americans Rise Up Against the Supreme Court Decision to Create Corporate Frankensteins

The Audacity of Greed

A battery of elected ideologues opens fire on those who serve the public

It's time to name the tea party politicians (and their sponsors)--and call them out

Killing the Competition

In Battling Monsanto's Greed, Tenacity Matters

A Rigged Game Only Amazon Will Win

The Pandemic Has Been A Bonanza For The Rich

Making Science History

The Drone-Industrial Complex Wants 30,000 Eyes In The Sky Spying On Us Americans By 2020

Two Timeless Truths For Thrse Trying Times

Planet Plastic

The Lie of Health Care "Choice"

Why are we letting corporate Supremists steal our democracy from us?

It's time to knock the Trans-Pacific Partnership off the "Fast Track"

Moral obligations lost in a fog of rhetoric

The Post Office is not broke -- and it hasn't taken any of our tax money since 1971

This is the core cause of pervasive discrimination and sexual harassment

The rebellious spirit of Matthew Maguire's first Labor Day is spreading again across our country. Join the parade!

Perry happens. Again.

What Happened to All Those Foreclosed Houses?

Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, And You. Which One Pays Taxes?

Where Are the Populist Democrats?

The Other Mexican Migration

AIRPORTS: SURRENDER ALL LIBERTY, YE WHO ENTER BY ME

It's time for a (teeny) tax on wealth

What Is Obama Getting Us into in Afghanistan?

The Rise and Fall of America's Middle Class

Walmart: The Inhuman Essence of a Corporate "Person"

The Big Three Myths Fabricated By Right-Wing Fabulists to Frame America's Elections

What's Next for the Bernie Sanders Revolution?

The Kochs Pay a Former Senator to Keep Money in Politics

5 Signs that America Has Gone Bonkers -- and a Glimmer of Hope

The Real Spirit of Giving

Newt Gingrich: the spawn of Citizens United

Going from One Bad War to a Worse One

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