Overhaul the USDA
February 17, 2021 | For decades, the agriculture department has been indifferent to struggling rural communities. That has to change.
Articles by Jim Hightower
Why Working People Spell ‘BOSS’ Backwards
February 10, 2021 | Grocery giants like Kroger are refusing employees hazard pay while buying their own stock with their extra profits.
Biden: Listen to the Outsiders
February 3, 2021 | The new president is a lifetime insider, but his legacy now depends on working with those the status quo has failed.
Planet Plastic
January 27, 2021 | The vast tonnage of this trash increases every minute, with an afterlife lasting centuries.
The Other Capitol Mob
January 20, 2021 | Much to the embarrassment of major corporations, their political donations were traced to the mayhem of January 6.
Two Timeless Truths for These Trying Times
January 13, 2021 | These maxims might help all of us get a grip, step back from hopelessness, and push ahead.
This Holiday Season, Choose a New Food Future
December 9, 2020 | What better symbol of agri-industry’s vision of “food” than the ubiquitous Butterball turkey so many ate for Thanksgiving?