Archive - Jim Hightower's Lowdown

Friday Signpost: "Most politicians want to hold office. That's the problem."

Why Hightower decided to run for office.

Jul 10 • Deanna Zandt and Jim Hightower

8:14

Shouldn’t Nature Have A Legal Right To Exist?

Corporations have legal rights to life, liberty, and happiness. Trees don't.

Jul 9 • Jim Hightower

2:09

Of Course the System Is Rigged – Look at Elon Musk!

You don't need to complicate things with shadowy cabals and secret lairs.

Jul 7 • Jim Hightower

2:10

A Note from Hightower (and a Summer Invitation)

I’ve spent decades trying to make sure that fight doesn’t end with me.

Jul 3 • Jim Hightower

How Inequality Happens

The National Restaurant Association found a way to make workers pay for their own poverty wages.

Jul 2 • Jim Hightower

2:10

June 2026

What’s “Supreme” About Our Extremist Supreme Court?

Six unelected judges, 38% approval, and all of them insisting they're not partisan.

Jun 30 • Jim Hightower

2:09

Watch Hightower at the Texas Democratic Convention in Corpus Christi

Watch now | "I call 'em the six Bs. They are the bosses, the bankers, the billionaires, the big shots, bastards and bullshitters."

Jun 28 • Deanna Zandt

4:44

Friday Signpost: A Kitchen Table in Lampasas, Then and Now

What four farmers in the 1870s have to do with the Texas Democratic Convention this weekend.

Jun 26 • Jim Hightower

10:27

Is Your Lush, Green Lawn Killing Mother Nature?

Americans use more than 10 times more poison per acre than all of America’s farmers use on their crops.

Jun 25 • Jim Hightower

2:09

Good News: Wind Energy Now Surpasses Blowhards of Dirty Energy

Why is Trump paying companies NOT to build wind farms?

Jun 23 • Jim Hightower

2:10

"My Lead-Off Witness Was Willie Nelson": Inside One of Hightower's Biggest Fight as Ag Commissioner

Lessons in organizing that stand the test of time.

Jun 19 • Deanna Zandt

5:37

Business That Delivers for the Common Good

P. Terry's in Austin has set up a company-wide profit-sharing system so their 1,800 employees get a share of business income in addition to their…

Jun 18 • Jim Hightower

2:09

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