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.

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?

Power Harassment Indifference: Income Inequality for Women Persists

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Jim Hightower

Anti-feminist politicos continue to ridicule the reality of income inequality and harassment in the work place. Anti-feminist politicos and talk show yakkers try to ridicule the reality that women in our rich and advanced society … Read morePower Harassment Indifference: Income Inequality for Women Persists

Thanksgiving and the AgriCULTURE Attitude

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Jim Hightower

Thanksgiving — let’s eat! America’s most food-focused holiday, Thanksgiving, traces its roots back to the abundant feast that Pilgrims and Native Americans enjoyed together in the fall of 1621. Not even half of the 100 or … Read moreThanksgiving and the AgriCULTURE Attitude

Post Office Privatization Is Not an Option

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Jim Hightower

The forces of privatization would like you to believe the Postal Service is broke — it’s not. Unable to find a fatal flaw in our far-flung public mail delivery network, the anti-Postal Service forces manufactured … Read morePost Office Privatization Is Not an Option

Pulling a Con on the People by Attacking Public Assets

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Jim Hightower

The Trump administration continues to lay siege on public assets. Donald Trump hates you. But don’t take it personally, he hates me, too — and all of us who constitute The Public. The billionaire’s antipathy … Read morePulling a Con on the People by Attacking Public Assets