Government for the Rich, the Poor Be Damned
These days, Trump is loving farmers to death, and it’s obvious he does the bidding of the one percent, the poor be damned. Donald Trump loooooves farmers. We … 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.
Let’s Decode Trump’s Afta-NAFTA Trade Deal
Trump grandiloquently hailed his Afta-NAFTA handiwork as “the most important trade deal we’ve ever made by far.” Oh, really? “Keep your eye on the ball” is a core … Read more
Will Democrats Be Democrats or Fraidy-Cats?
Rather than respond to the grassroots will for real change, weak-kneed forces are opposing strong advocates like Warren and Bernie Sanders. “Trust me!” bellowed the billionaire Donald Trump … Read more
Punishing Trade Pirates? It’s Complicated
China’s “Trade Pirates” see their “procurement” of American industrial secrets as — Helloooo, Donald — their “China First” policy! There’s a hierarchy of larceny in our world, from … Read more
The Tortured Madness of Trump Inc.
In his own mind, Trump just saying something makes it true — even though everyone can clearly see it’s simply his signature tortured madness. Where’s Shakespeare when we … Read more
Up Against Monopoly Markets
Most of today’s farm commodities are sold into monopoly markets, controlled by fewer and fewer multinational corporations. Farm Aid, the top-notch group of researchers and advocates who’ve tracked … Read more
The Devastation of Farm Country Is Biting Us All on the Butt
A massive depression has been building for years across American farm country, but our media and political establishments have failed to notice. A massive depression has been building … Read more
Facing the Fates: Farmers in Crisis
Farmers in crisis: Endangered by unrestrained monopolists, Trump’s trade war tantrums, the ravages of climate change and a cabal of Wall Street and Silicon Valley profiteers intent on … Read more
Is Health Care More Important Than Health Care Profits?
A majority of Americans want a major overhaul of our corporate health care system. Last year, Donald Trump said something stupid. OK, nothing astonishing about that — just … Read more
Trump to Working Class: ‘Adios, Chumps’
Lavish payouts to top-floor bosses — combined with a miserliness toward rank-and-file employees who actually produce the corporate wealth — is creating an untenable income disparity in corporate … Read more
