TPP: How Corporate Bamboozlers Intend to Widen Inequality in America
The TPP is written specifically to sanction and increase the robbery of the many by the world’s moneyed few. The basic problem facing the corporate and political powers … 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.
What Really Poisoned the Water in Flint
An undemocratic, unelected “emergency manager” and the governor’s cost-cutting austerity mania doomed Flint residents. The mantra of every Koch-headed, right-wing politico is that government should be run like … Read more
Take the Movement to the White House
“We need a movement which tells Wall Street that when a bank is too big to fail, it is too big to exist.” — Sen. Bernie Sanders At … Read more
Bernie Sanders: Something Is Happening
The driving force of “Bernie Sanders for President” is coming from encouraging sources. When I crossed paths with a Democratic Party campaign consultant in Austin last March, I … Read more
Why the GOP’s Fence Fantasy is a Farce
These days, Republicans don’t have to be qualified — much less sane — to run for the highest office in the land. All they need is the backing … Read more
Should Big Corporations Pay the Taxes They Owe?
U.S. corporations owe $600 billion in taxes Carl Icahn, noted corporate predator and takeover specialist who made billions of dollars in corporate deals, has recently begun pushing a … Read more
Exxon’s Weapons of Mass Confusion on Climate Change
Exxon and the other oil companies have known for decades about climate change, raking in huge profits all the while. There is a constant flow of headlines these … Read more
The Sleaze, Guilt and Punishment of Don Blankenship
Don Blankenship didn’t get what he deserves in his federal trial, but he definitely deserves what he got. “Guilty,” declared all 12 West Virginia jurors who pondered the … Read more
Building Monopolies, One Merger After Another
Corporate monopolies are experiencing a surge in the urge to merge. Control of market after market — from cable TV to chickens, banking to washing machines — has … Read more
The Agriculture Attitude
In America, we face a momentous choice: a food future rooted in the ethic of sustainable agriculture, or in exploitative agri-industry.
