LABOR DAY, AND THE WORK WE HAVE TO DO

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Mon., 9/6/10

Let's see where we are: 14.6 million people are officially out of work – 7.3 million of them for more than half a year. In the past two years, 55 percent of Americans have... [read more]

LABOR DAY: ORGANIZE!

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Fri., 9/3/10

America's corporate chieftains must love poor people, for they're doing all they can to create millions more of them.

They're knocking down wages, offshoring everything from manufacturing jobs to high-tech, reducing... [read more]

BIG BANKS GOUGE CUSTOMERS FOR FUN & PROFIT

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Thu., 9/2/10

High-Low is a poker game that I've played in the past, but America's biggest banks have twisted it into a flimflam in which the deck is deliberately stacked against their own customers.

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BLEEDING HEART REPUBLICANS

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Wed., 9/1/10

Who says that Republican congress critters don't care about minorities in our society? Why, at this very moment, they are pushing hard to pass a $372 billion federal program to lift the economic fortunes of... [read more]

WALL STREET'S CONNECTED LOBBYISTS

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Tue., 8/31/10

Old Congress critters never die, they just fade away. Into lobbying firms, that is.

Take former House speaker Dennis Hastert, former House majority leaders Dick Armey and Dick Gephardt, and former... [read more]