Articles by Jim Hightower

Mitch McConnell

That Gosh Darn Minimum Wage

September 10, 2014 | Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell feels put upon just for having to talk about increasing the pay of the country's working poor.

Makeup Palette

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

September 9, 2014 | Leaders of the $70 billion cosmetics industry won't stop putting formaldehyde in their products, decades after cancer risks first surfaced.

U.S. Soldier in Iraq

Mission Never-Ending

September 2, 2014 | In modern times, practically every U.S. president has sent our troops to die in wars of lies.

Texas Governor Rick Perry

Perry Hams It Up

August 27, 2014 | The Texas governor's claims that he was indicted for merely exercising his veto power is a bunch of hokum.