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The Israeli-Palestinian Horror: We Can’t Just Watch

Jim Hightower"s Lowdown ·

2024/02/17

I’m unable to comprehend the continuum of raw hatred and systematic barbarism that the Israeli government and Hamas terrorists are perpetrating, so I haven’t felt I could add anything to the strong voices worldwide pleading (in plain words): STOP IT!

What Is a Banker’s Promise Worth?

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2024/02/16

Bruce King, former governor of New Mexico, often baffled people with his convoluted use of words. Like the time he vetoed a loan shark bill he’d previously agreed to sign. “But, Governor,” squealed the lenders’ lobbyists, “we had your commitment!” Unfazed, King said, “Now boys, we all know that a commitment is not a promise.”

Love to You from Valentine, Texas

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2024/02/14

Please be my Valentine! That is not only a warm, sweet, sometimes romantic sentiment people express in mid-February on a frilly, red card. It’s also the name of a third-century saint who literally lost his head, a ninth-century pope whose reign lasted only 40 days, three Roman emperors, a very good Mexican hot sauce… and a tiny town in Texas.

The Debacle of “God’s Army” at Eagle Pass

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2024/02/13

Perhaps you heard about the recent surge of invasive foreigners into Eagle Pass, Texas – the Rio Grande border town that finds itself at the hot center of the US-Mexico immigration crisis. Only, this “invasion” (as Donald Trump’s MAGA crowd likes to call it) was not by Latin Americans, but by Anglos descending on Eagle Pass from the North! Indeed, it was

The Right-Wing’s Program to Solve Childhood Obesity

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2024/02/08

This plot line could have come from one of Charles Dickens’ novels about upper-class depravity: “Miserly governors refuse to provide gruel for poverty-stricken ragamuffins.” Unfortunately, this is not a novel, but modern-day reality taking place in 15 states, where

From the Archives: Populism Is the Movement You're...

Jim Hightower"s Lowdown ·

2024/02/07

With the chaos of both global and domestic events pounding us each daily, it can feel like the struggle for justice is too much to conquer. Sometimes, reminders of the work we’ve accomplished, along with a healthy dose of history lessons and perspective, are just what the doctor ordered. We thought this

The Supreme Court’s Six Corporate Supremacists Ride...

Jim Hightower"s Lowdown ·

2024/02/06

Heeere they come again: The wrecking crew of Alito, Barrett, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Roberts & Thomas – the six plutocratic judicial supremacists determined to force their personal political biases on all of us.

The Shameful Greed of the Solano County Gold Rush

Jim Hightower"s Lowdown ·

2024/02/01

Farming can be a deeply satisfying life – you’re connecting directly to nature, you are your own boss, and you do work that’s real, benefitting humanity. But then there are the pests – such as invasive bugs, monopolistic profiteers… and a new, exceptionally destructive plague: Billionaires. Yes, flocks of predatory ultra-billionaires, wanting not just to gouge farmers, but to take away their farms.

The Right-Wing Republican War on Women, Children and...

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2024/01/31

Last week, the Journal of the American Medical Association released a study on the number of rape-related, forced-pregnancies since the horrendous Supreme Court decision to roll back reproductive rights for women. Since the end of Roe, there have been

Just What We Need – Another Border Wall!

Jim Hightower"s Lowdown ·

2024/01/30

In the 1980s, many Texans were alarmed that hordes of immigrants were fleeing Rust Belt states and pouring across the Red River to take our jobs. So, my friend Steve Fromholz recommended a big beautiful wall across our northern border to keep them out.

Friday Signpost: Journalists For Real Journalism

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2024/01/26

Local newspapers – produced by reporters who live in and know about their communities – are vital to America’s democratic health. But local papers, including dailies and rural weeklies, are being swallowed by a handful of global financial predators.

Rebranding CAFOs as PFOs Is Corporate BS

Jim Hightower"s Lowdown ·

2024/01/25

A decade ago, Oklahoma’s countryside was literally infested with 626 massively-polluting CAFOs – “Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations.” These are nightmarish creatures of industrial agribusiness, each one caging thousands of chickens, hogs, or cattle in huge concrete and steel buildings, and producing rivers of excrement. Imagine living next to one!

Why You Were Not Invited to Davos

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2024/01/23

Once again, my invitation to the big shindig in Davos never arrived. Davos is the posh resort village in the Swiss Alps where some 3,000 global power elites gather every January for a weeklong, corporate-funded Schmooze-and-Booze-Fest to solve the world’s problems.

Mini-Documentary: Black Farmers in Texas

Jim Hightower"s Lowdown ·

2024/01/19

The systemic denial of support and general exploitation that Black farmers in America have endured remains a relatively unexplored topic when it comes to progressive social justice stories. The New York Times

When Private Enterprise Fails, Public Enterprise Must...

Jim Hightower"s Lowdown ·

2024/01/18

In cities all across America, an infiltration of wealthy investors, developers, and bankers is driving poor and middle-class families out of their own towns. What’s at work here is the relentless financial shove of high-dollar gentrification. House by house, block by block, moneyed interests suddenly (and often secretly) buy up properties, bulldozing modest family homes to erect sprawling edifices for the rich. It’s a profiteering money grab that intentionally prices out regular

Martin Luther King Didn’t Just Dream… He Organized!

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2024/01/15

It’s time once again for America’s annual sing-along of “We Shall Overcome,” in celebration of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. As even school children know, he famously had a dream. His dream was that over the long arc of history, America will someday achieve racial harmony –

Happy Birthday, Hightower! Featuring Beto O'Rourke,...

Jim Hightower"s Lowdown ·

2024/01/12

Hightower isn’t too enthusiastic about celebrating birthdays, but when he turned 80 last year, Laura and Deanna decided to risk it all and get a bunch of his friends and co-conspirators to send him birthday messages. We were blown away by all the wonderful memories and love folks that from different parts of his life shared! Hightower noted in his thank you video (below) that what struck him the most is that folks weren’t just referencing a person, but the efforts to build a real

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