What Does ‘Made in America’ Mean to Trump?
Why won’t Trump stand up for the American workers and stuff being ‘Made in America’? “MAGA,” blusters Donald Trump. “Make America Great Again!” America’s ranching families, however, would … 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.
Where the Money Is
Thanks to the 2017 GOP Tax Giveaway, big business quietly pocketed stunning tax savings they would have — and should have — paid to support America’s public needs. … Read more
Tax Dodgers Inc.
The sweeping $1.5 trillion tax cut Trump & the GOP rammed into law was a cynical bait-and-switch job, meant to help corporate tax dodgers. How thrilling was Tax … Read more
What Is the ‘AI Agenda,’ Who’s Pushing It and Why?
McDonald’s invests heavily in an AI agenda, as do many corporations. The great thing about corporate giants is that they are such amazing business innovators. Look at the … Read more
Playing Monopoly for Real
What the gutsy Boston Tea Party rebels were actually tossing was corporate monopoly power. Get your heave-ho muscles in shape, for the monopolists are back. Shouting “Down with … Read more
As We Gape at the Trump Sideshow, Corporations Are Picking Our Pockets
We have been captured by the mesmerizing All Things Trump sideshow — while we are being robbed blind. As America rapidly urbanized in the 1920s and ’30s, nearly … Read more
Trumponomics: Batman … or Dracula?
Trump’s economic report report is shamelessly grandiose, replete with flagrant fabrications, in other words, just more Trumponomics. It’s shocking, I tell you, shocking, that some millionaires and billionaires … Read more
How Much Does Donald Trump Love Farmers?
Trump trade spat has collapsed the market and prices for grain farmers. As a farmer told me, “You can still make a small fortune in agriculture, but the … Read more
It’s Not Socialism; It’s What the People Want
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 … Read more
Corporations Are Playing with Our Food — and with Our Heads
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 … Read more
