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Jeff Bezos Goes to SeaListen now (2 min) | It’s been an all-time record year of runaway wealth for America’s billionaires, with this tiny clique vastly widening the chasm separating them from us hoi polloi. For example, Amazon jefe Jeff Bezos hauled in $190 billion for the year. That pays him more…
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Assorted nutsListen now (2 min) | Let me say one word to you: Nuts. Now, let me say one name to you: Ted Cruz. They’ve become synonymous, with the Texas lawmaker perennially topping national lists of goofy, right-wing political goobers. Only, Ted can’t rightly be called a lawmaker, for he’s…
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Sure enough, opportunists have rushed into America's local news void, sowing thousands of poisonous "imposter" news sites that churn out lies and partisan hackery in the guise of legitimate reporting.
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The Embarrassment of Modern Corporate Managers Listen now (2 min) | What makes a newspaper great? Many say it’s having street-savvy reporters and editors with the integrity to shine the light of investigative journalism on the power structure’s abuses. But, no, says Fred Ryan, top executive of the Washington Post – the secret…
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Welcome To Our Future of “Digital Productivity Monitoring”Listen now (2 min) | For generations, workers have been punished by corporate bosses for watching the clock. But now, the corporate clock is watching…
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What Do Truckers and Librarians Have In Common?Listen now (2 min) | In the world of work, what two occupations might seem to have the very least in common? How about long-haul truck drivers… and…
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Clueless CEOs Confused By Workers QuittingListen now (2 min) | For more than a year, America’s corporate chieftains have been moaning about “The Great Resignation” – the recent phenomena of…
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C’mon down! It’s our late-summer County Fair issue of the Lowdown—a mix of Blue Ribbon political/economic/social progress, some hog stuff from corporate…
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Billionaires Playing Cowboys… At Our ExpenseListen now (2 min) | Jim Hightower's Hightower Lowdown is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a…
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A Tear-Jerker About the Housing Saga of Some Rich JerksThe “old homeplace” is a classic theme of Americana, expressed in everything from Norman Rockwell paintings to Woody Guthrie’s powerful folk lament, “I…
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Bringing Democracy to the Democratic PartyListen now (2 min) | Jim Hightower's Hightower Lowdown is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a…
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Good News: Small Groups Can Defeat Corporate GiantsListen now (2 min) | From corporate polluters to political bosses, power elites try to create a myth of inevitability, trying to make workaday people…
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Jim Hightower's Hightower Lowdown

A newsletter about the progressive, democratic populist rebellion from former Texas Ag Commissioner Jim Hightower.
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