Articles by Jim Hightower
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?
Make USDA ‘The People’s Department’ Again
December 2, 2020 | For years, the Department of Agriculture has been run by Big Ag acolytes. Biden has a chance to change that.
The First Thanksgiving?
November 18, 2020 | Wherever it began, and whatever the purists claim is "official," Thanksgiving today is as multicultural as America.
It’s Not Trump’s Country — Even in ‘Trump Country’
November 12, 2020 | Progressive ballot initiatives passed handily across the country, even in so-called red states.
The Pandemic Has Been a Bonanza for the Rich
October 28, 2020 | Billionaires are letting their money make money for them, while CEOs slash jobs and reward themselves with bonuses.
Why Your CVS Prescription Is Taking So Long
October 21, 2020 | The drug store giant’s CEO has been cutting corners while rewarding himself handsomely.
Republicans Unleash Their Inner Jim Crow
October 14, 2020 | Endangered GOP incumbents are launching increasingly racialized attacks against their challengers.