Jim Hightower

National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the book, "Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow," Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks. Twice elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Hightower is a modern-day Johnny Appleseed, spreading the message of progressive populism all across the American grassroots. He broadcasts daily radio commentaries that are carried in more than 150 commercial and public stations and on the web.

Maine Law Lets Mobile Home Owners Buy Their Parks

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A new law in Maine gives mobile home residents a chance to buy their park before Wall Street profiteers swoop in. Even in a barrelful of rotten apples, … Read more

Can Our Elections Be Made Even More Vapid? Some Are Banking On It

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If America’s political campaigns haven’t become vapid enough, “Crowds on Demand” can supply an instant “grassroots” campaign. Many people feel that America’s political campaigns have become vapid PR … Read more

Lilly Ledbetter Fought the Bastards – And Won for All of Us

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Nearly all social progress in our country has been spurred by unheralded “nobodies” like Lilly Ledbetter. Forget the cartoonish “Great Man” version of American history. Nearly all social … Read more

Why Are We Letting Corporate Profiteers Write America’s Farm and Food Policy?

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America’s farmers are at the mercy of everything from bugs to corporate profiteers to monopolistic middlemen. A farmer was asked what he’d do if he won a million-dollar … Read more

Can Mass Media Promote Democracy Instead of Divisiveness? Here’s a Guy Who Did

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Here’s a man who actually used his celebrity, position and fame to promote democracy. Every once in a great while, a major media celebrity comes along who puts … Read more

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