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Jim Hightower"s Lowdown

News and shows about the progressive, democratic populist rebellion from former Texas Ag Commissioner and NYT best-selling author Jim Hightower.

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Thanksgiving Profiteering: Consumers Gouged. Farmers...

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2024/11/28

Most of us have noticed that the basic Thanksgiving Dinner has become a much pricier spread this year.

Trump’s Plan to Feed the Greed of Corporate Elites

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2024/11/26

Howard Lutnick wants to have his cake and eat it, too.

Friday Hope Fest: Wins for Schools and Workers

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2024/11/22

Welcome back to installment #2 of our new series on reasons to be hopeful as we approach an otherwise, ahem, challenging political future.

How Trump’s Made-In-America Scheme Is a Still...

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2024/11/21

Wow!

The Democrats’ Rural Problem Is They’ve Forgotten How...

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2024/11/19

As any farmer can tell you, if you want to harvest a crop, you’ve got to get out of the office and go to work in the field.

New Mini-Series: Friday Hope Fest

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2024/11/15

First up: Organizing success stories from rural areas

Look to Maine for Some Good News!

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2024/11/14

Even in a barrelful of rotten apples, you might think there’d still be a few good ones.

The Moderate, Milquetoast Democratic Party Loses...

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2024/11/12

The morning after the election, a social media pundit expressed amazement that Democrat Kamala Harris had lost, noting that America is enjoying “an objectively strong economy.”

And the Fight Goes On

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2024/11/07

Okay, the election was a gut punch.

Bezos Bombs in His Role As Newspaper Owner

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2024/11/05

In bold type, nearly every newspaper urges readers to “VOTE!

Can Our Elections Be Made Even More Vapid? Some Are...

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2024/11/04

Many people feel that America’s political campaigns have become vapid PR hustles with little connection to the real-life concerns of workaday people.

Friday Signpost: What Are You Doing the Next Five Days?

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2024/11/01

Happy Friday, Lowdowners!

CEOs Show Us How To Raise Everyone’s Pay

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2024/10/31

Here’s a progressive idea I picked up from the unlikeliest of sources: Corporate CEOs!

Join Hightower Live Tonight, Plus More You Can Do

Jim Hightower"s Lowdown ·

2024/10/30

Our pal George Goehl invited Hightower to speak at this fantastic rally on Zoom tonight—do not miss the opportunity to discuss the implications of a changing (to put it lightly) care industry that likely won’t have care at its core anymore if private equity has its way.

The Shame of TD Bank’s Jolly Bankers

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2024/10/29

Woody Guthrie satirized Depression-era bankers who routinely gouged farmers and poor people.

Lilly Ledbetter Fought the Bastards… and Won for All...

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2024/10/24

Forget the cartoonish “Great Man” version of American history, nearly all social progress in our country has been spurred by unheralded “nobodies” who felt a sting of injustice – and resolved to right the wrong.

Yes, the System Is Rigged Against the Working Class

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2024/10/23

A lot of working stiffs today say the system is rigged to keep them from getting ahead.

Do Something: 14 Days 'Til the Election

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2024/10/22

For you Lowdowners who are looking for ways to spend your anxious energy in productive ways for the next two weeks, we wanted to put together a quick list of ways to do just that.

Sordid Story: Corporate Executives Get...

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2024/10/17

Sadism and masochism (abbreviated as S&M) are generally frowned on in polite society as perverse acts of sexual gratification.

Holy Donald Trump! An Oklahoma Bible Story

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2024/10/15

As schoolkids learn in civics class, our government is made up of three separate branches.

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