Archive - Jim Hightower's Lowdown

Greed Is Immoral. Healthcare Greed Is Abominable.

America has endured a long panorama of corporate greed – from the East India Trading Company to the Robber Barons, Gordon Gecko Wall Streeters to Elon…

Dec 19 •

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Why Should We Allow Food Monopolies? Let’s Bust the System!

How are monopolistic corporations able to gain their economic dominance?

Dec 17 •

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Remembering Fred Harris

Dec 13 •

Big Oil’s Slick Attempt to Greenwash Its Massive Plastic Pollution

Let’s all sing the holiday classic: “All I want for Christmas… Is Something Not Made of Plastic.”

Dec 12 •

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Don’t Buy Coca-Cola’s Plastic Promise

Former New Mexico governor Bruce King was renown for his frequent malapropisms and contorted logic.

Dec 10 •

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Can Corporate Profit and Morality Be Compatible?

Is “corporate ethics” an oxymoron?

Dec 5 •

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A Kakistocracy Takes Over Immigration Policy

Social media has been lighting up like fireworks, with a myriad of Trump voters exclaiming: “I didn’t know he meant me!” For example, many MAGA…

Dec 3 •

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November 2024

When and Where Was the First Thanksgiving Feast?

Plus a special show from the archives: Dinner Democracy

Nov 28 •

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Thanksgiving Profiteering: Consumers Gouged. Farmers Ripped Off.

Most of us have noticed that the basic Thanksgiving Dinner has become a much pricier spread this year.

Nov 28 •

Trump’s Plan to Feed the Greed of Corporate Elites

Howard Lutnick wants to have his cake and eat it, too.

Nov 26 •

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Friday Hope Fest: Wins for Schools and Workers

Welcome back to installment #2 of our new series on reasons to be hopeful as we approach an otherwise, ahem, challenging political future.

Nov 22 •

How Trump’s Made-In-America Scheme Is a Still Made-in-China Scam

Nov 21 •

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