Trump’s Anti-Labor Department
Trump has been the Anti-Labor President, all the while bombastically asserting at rallies that he’s the workers’ champion. In building glittery enclaves like Trump Tower, luxury resorts and … Read more
Jim Hightower’s Column
Political commentary column by Jim Hightower. Often serious, but Jim uses his trademark biting satire to make important points.
‘Lefty Righties’ Appear in ‘Trump Country’
Lefty righties? A multitude of overtly progressive ballot issues won majority support on Tuesday, even in so-called Trump Country. Many years ago, literary critic Dorothy Parker skewered an … Read more
Prop 22 Helps Gig Giants Strip Health Care from Low-Wage Workers
It’s just an attempt by Uber, Lyft and other gig giants to keep low-wage workers down. There’s a mournful Peggy Lee song that asks the existential question: “Is … Read more
A Wealth of Riches, a Poverty of Morals
Despite the pandemic, the wealth of billionaires is zooming, though they suffer from a poverty of morals. Let’s say you’re a millionaire. That’s a lot of money, right? … Read more
Sabotaging Democracy
The GOP doesn’t have broad enough appeal to fairly produce an election majority, so it has resorted to sabotaging democracy. Little-known fact: In more and more races, the … Read more
Bringing a Rich, Aloof, Race-Baiting Congress Critter Down to Earth
A young civil rights champion in Texas has rallied to pull into a tie with Michael McCaul, incumbent race-baiting congress critter. Some people who get elected to Congress … Read more
Trump’s Rule of Lies and Partisan Judges
Trump’s lies and tactics are worthy of the sleaziest of tinpot dictators from the banana republics of old, as he continues to install partisan judges. Shortly after taking … Read more
How the Right is Rigging Elections
Today, the Right is rigging elections in a coordinated, methodical, richly funded scheme. Is it really so hard? Voting, I mean — smooth democratic elections with all citizens … Read more
Pandemic in the Meat Plants
Corporate meat plants, backed by slimy politicians, have an evil mentality that reduces workers to inferior, disposable beings. Until recently, few people considered the sources of their meat. … Read more
Something Is Rotten at Big Meat Inc.
Big Meat profiteers employ a wholly unethical, cost-of-doing-business approach. Upton Sinclair’s landmark 1905 book, “The Jungle,” exposed the food contamination and worker exploitation hidden in the fetid stockyards … Read more
