Abusing Animals to Defend Tar Sands Oil
September 18, 2013 | Loveable bears, deer, and such would "like to snuggle under the [Keystone XL] pipeline [for] warmth," conservative pundit Larry Kudlow fantasized on TV.
Articles by Jim Hightower
Squeezing More Profits from Crummy Tomatoes
September 17, 2013 | If you want to re-live that delicious tomato flavor again, head to a farmers' market when they're in season.
Naming the Names behind Extreme Weather
September 11, 2013 | How about making scientifically challenged politicians accountable for their inaction on climate change?
Idaho’s Reclusive Promised Land
September 10, 2013 | Zealous and heavily armed survivalists are establishing their own fortified town.
Our Bullish Sock Market
September 4, 2013 | The drive to pay workers less and less is leaving Americans unable to buy much besides essentials.
Getting Mother Nature’s Drift
September 3, 2013 | The lush lawn is dead in the parched Southwest.
Razing the Garden of Eden
August 28, 2013 | A Texas police operation resorted to paramilitary force in its fruitless search for pot plants.
Scott Walker’s Sick Leadership
August 27, 2013 | A rash of "state preemption" laws modeled on Wisconsin's precedent-setting legislation is blocking local mandates requiring sick leave benefits.