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Who Will Organize A Progressive Majority? Us!
A lot of working-class voters, who live outside of blue voting areas are asking: Where the hell is the Democratic party?
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Jim Hightower
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Cecile Richards, 1957-2025
Cecile Richards--what a sparkling gem of a human!
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Jim Hightower
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It's an endangered species: Save Kar-toon-us A-mer-i-kan-us!
This week, we thought we’d share with you one of our favorite classic Lowdown issues from December 2021, on the increasingly tough time political…
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Jim Hightower
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The Billionaire Bros Do The Immigrant Worker Two-Step
One thing you can say about Trump is that he’s absolutely clear on his furious opposition to immigrants taking American jobs.
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Jim Hightower
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A Billionaire v. a Cartoonist. I’m Betting On the Cartoonist
The sorry state of corporate journalism sagged to an even lower low this month when the Washington Post banned publication of a piece by its own…
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Jim Hightower
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Making Work Work for Workers
As a writer, I get stuck every so often straining for the right words to tell my story.
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Jim Hightower
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Jimmy Carter’s Light Exposes Donald Trump’s Darkness
You’re not fooling me, Jimmy Carter.
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Jim Hightower
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A little more Woody Guthrie to start your new year
When we shared our New Year’s post including Woody Guthrie’s own famous resolutions/”rulin’s,” I was reminded of the visit that Hightower and I made to…
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Deanna Zandt
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My New Year’s Resolutions for Some Powerful People
I made a few New Year’s resolutions this week – not for me, but as self-improvement ideas for some of the people running our country.
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Jim Hightower
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