Jim Hightower's Radio Lowdown Podcast
1) Public Safety Down, CEO Pay Up. Corporations Play “Rig the System”
To see how the game of “Rig the System” is played, consider the shameful corporate gaming of the horror of California wildfires that have been devouring lives and entire communities. Many of the worst...Show More
2) Trump Brags That His Name Is “Golden.” But It’s Just Fool’s Gold
America’s present president is like those egos who feel entitled to carve their name into every park bench they sit on, apparently to “make their mark” and shout to the world, “I wuz here!” Indeed, Tr...Show More
3) Grassroots Activism Produces a “Mississippi Miracle”
Here’s something we don’t get to say very often: “Way to go Mississippi!” This state has long been ranked dead last in important measurements like healthcare, workers’ wages, and rural opportunities. ...Show More
4) Jesse Jackson’s Most Consequential Power Was Not His Oratory, But His Vision
In 1988, I was one of only two white elected Democratic officials in all of America to endorse Jesse Jackson to be our party’s nominee for President. (The other was Bernie Sanders, then the mayor of B...Show More
5) Why Should We Allow Food Monopolies? Let’s Bust The System!
How are monopolistic corporations able to gain their economic dominance? They get politicians to give it to them. Consider the old robber barons. They weren’t brilliant investors or managers, they wer...Show More
6) Who Were Those Masked Men? Feds Invade America!
Except for Zorro and Batman, people who put on masks to hide their identity when going to work are rarely up to any good. And as Americans learned decades ago when Ku Klux Klanners covered themselves ...Show More
7) Beware of AI Billionaires Spreading “Swill Bucket” PR Campaigns
George Orwell spoke bluntly about the nefarious nature of advertising, calling it “the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.” Even Orwell, though, would’ve been astonished by the cacophony of swi...Show More
8) We Can Always Trust What the Pentagon Says, Right?
Years ago, when I announced that I was leaving my job as editor of The Texas Observer to run for political office, I had to admit that into politics is the only downward career move one can make from ...Show More
9) Even in a Digital Age, Handwriting Remains Invaluable
While the production of my Lowdown commentaries is high-tech, I confess that I’m antiquated. I still write each piece in longhand, applying my ballpoint to paper. This has caused bewildered glances fr...Show More
10) Why Do We Let Profiteers Control Granny’s End-of-Life Care?
There are industries that occasionally do something rotten. And there are industries like Big Oil, Big Pharma, and Big Tobacco – that persistently do rotten things. Then there is the nursing home indu...Show More