Jim HightowerJim Hightower

National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the book, "Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow," Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks. Twice elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Hightower is a modern-day Johnny Appleseed, spreading the message of progressive populism all across the American grassroots. He broadcasts daily radio commentaries that are carried in more than 150 commercial and public stations and on the web.

It’s Not Socialism; It’s What the People Want

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Jim Hightower

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 Donald Trump at a recent pep rally … Read moreIt’s Not Socialism; It’s What the People Want

Corporations Are Playing with Our Food — and with Our Heads

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Jim Hightower

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 chorus of parents chastising their children with … Read moreCorporations Are Playing with Our Food — and with Our Heads

Push, Push, Push: How Movements Succeed

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Jim Hightower

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, that devalues strong-but-losing contenders: “Close only counts … Read morePush, Push, Push: How Movements Succeed

Just Say ‘No’ to the Corporate Bribe Racket

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Jim Hightower

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, who heads one of the world’s largest … Read moreJust Say ‘No’ to the Corporate Bribe Racket

A Bountiful Harvest Takes Work

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Jim Hightower

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 our progress, and when the polls closed … Read moreA Bountiful Harvest Takes Work

Can Corporations Keep Shoveling BS and Be Believed?

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Jim Hightower

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 portraying three guys in suits and ties … Read moreCan Corporations Keep Shoveling BS and Be Believed?

Progressive Populism: A Different Kind of Political Beauty

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Jim Hightower

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 from our ballot box wins last year … Read moreProgressive Populism: A Different Kind of Political Beauty

Where Is AI Driving Us?

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Jim Hightower

Zooming at us at blinding speed, it’s AI, the fast-evolving science of artificial intelligence. But what’s it really bringing? With chaos in the White House, worsening climate change around the globe, more wars than we … Read moreWhere Is AI Driving Us?