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.

How Weird Is the Democratic Party Establishment?

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Biden would be uniquely vulnerable to Trump this fall and lose the political future for Democrats and the Democratic Party establishment, though they don’t realize it. Just when … Read more

Health Care for People… or for Corporate Profits?

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The decades-long struggle to ensure decent health care as a human right is up against greed’s eternal struggle for ever-higher corporate profits. When grassroots groups rise up against … Read more

On the Ballot: The Egalitarian Future of Our Society

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This year, voters will be making fundamental decisions, like whether or not we want an egalitarian future. With dozens of Democratic candidates having entered the presidential race (some … Read more

Doing the Tax Dodge Tap Dance

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Doing the tax dodge tap dance is complicated, requiring sophisticated techniques and tricky maneuvers. Sen. Russell Long, the powerful Senate Finance Committee chair from 1966 to 1981 from … Read more

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