Banking That Serves People, Not Bankers
June 2, 2021 | The Post Office could offer simple, honest banking, including checking and savings accounts, consumer loans, and low-fee debit cards.
Articles by Jim Hightower
Crocodile Tears on Corporate Taxes
May 26, 2021 | Biden’s modest corporate tax increases to fund public infrastructure projects are wildly popular — except among CEOs.
We Need to Talk About Jeff Bezos’s Boat
May 19, 2021 | The Amazon CEO’s yacht actually requires its own “support yacht” — so he can land his helicopter.
The Award for Sleaziest Corporate Profiteering Goes To…
May 12, 2021 | … Tyson Foods, which forced its employees back to work and took bets on how many would die.
Poverty and Wealth Clash in the Hamptons
May 5, 2021 | Homeowners in one of America’s wealthiest zip codes are fighting their impoverished indigenous neighbors efforts to develop.
Don’t Let Wall Street Get Rich Off Water
April 28, 2021 | Shameless speculators are trying to privatize and commoditize the water all humans need to live.
America, Go Big Again
April 21, 2021 | Joe Biden may be a lifelong, go-slow politician, but his infrastructure plan is a serious, ambitious investment in the public good.
The End of Trickle-Down Economics
April 7, 2021 | The past year has laid waste to the arguments behind “trickle down” theory. Instead, let’s have wealth “percolate up.”