Articles by Jim Hightower

Radioactive Ties

Radioactive Ties

September 10, 2012 | Whether corporate political money shouts or whispers, it still corrupts.

Koch Brothers rent senator

The Koch Brothers’ Moonshine

September 3, 2012 | The paper industry's titans have teamed up with practitioners of the legislative black arts to turn their sludge into a slick tax loophole.

Percolate-Up Economics

Percolate-Up Economics

August 27, 2012 | Every dime of a minimum-wage hike is spent by its recipients -- circulating upward in our local economies as they increase their purchases of such basics as food, kids' clothing, and health care.

Drone on the Range

Drone on the Range

August 13, 2012 | Those very same pilotless, remote-controlled, undetectable planes that the CIA has been secretly using to spy on and bomb people in Pakistan and elsewhere are headed to our local police departments.