How Much Does Donald Trump Love Farmers?
Trump trade spat has collapsed the market and prices for grain farmers. As a farmer told me, “You can still make a small fortune in agriculture, but the … 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.
It’s Not Socialism; It’s What the People Want
It ain’t “socialism” in the classic government-runs-everything sense, it’s democratic populism, reversing decades of policies that take from the many to give to the wealthy few. “Socialism,” snarled … Read more
Corporations Are Playing with Our Food — and with Our Heads
Food fabricators of industrial agriculture are using Recombinetics to mess with our food and the very DNA of Mother Nature. From kitchen tables worldwide, you can hear a … Read more
Push, Push, Push: How Movements Succeed
Candidates and volunteers who lose a vote but run good campaigns are, in fact, winners. It’s how movements succeed. There’s a sports cliche, often applied to political races, … Read more
Just Say ‘No’ to the Corporate Bribe Racket
San Antonio and New York said no to the corporate bribe racket, and so should every city and town in the USA. The richest man in the world, … Read more
A Bountiful Harvest Takes Work
Campaigns end on Election Day, but Movements continue working toward a bountiful harvest. Campaigns end on Election Day. Movements don’t. Voting day is a time stamp for measuring … Read more
Can Corporations Keep Shoveling BS and Be Believed?
Giant corporations love to get giant tax breaks by shoveling BS, and they keep getting away with it. A photograph ran in newspapers throughout the U.S. last June … Read more
What’s the Cost of High Living?
Uber-rich are clueless about the gross inequality their financial schemes are creating, and we pay the cost of their high living. The high living rich aren’t merely different … Read more
The Wall We Need to Build
The wall we need is not along the southern border, it’s around Mar-a-Lago. A fitting epitaph for the tombstone of our current president would be, “Here Lies Donald … Read more
Progressive Populism: A Different Kind of Political Beauty
While most of today’s mainline political analysts focus solely on “candidate politics,” citizens who want real progress must focus on progressive populism. What lessons can we progressives take … Read more
