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Poverty in America: Bigger than ever and rapidly spreading. The flood of poor people in this Land of Plenty is being swollen by turbulent economic waters sweeping millions of Americans downstream from the middle class. This is our nation's true economic crisis. Unlike the manufactured "fiscal cliff" hysteria that continues to consume Washington politicos and pundits, the present pace of poverty really is dragging down our economy and our nation's potential for greatness.
Welcome to the Hightower Lowdown archive! Here's where you'll find every issue by date; you can also search for what you're looking for. Note that our six most recent issues are available to subscribers only, but everything else is open to everyone!
2013
- June: One in three Americans are now poor, sapping our nation's social, economic, and moral strength
- May: The money swamp created by Citizens United: Dark Money, corporate shell games, and SuperPAC plutocrats
- April: Logo Lowdown from the 2012 elections. Part 1--donors on the record
- March: Arbitration sounds fair, but forced arbitration is the exact oppisite
- February: The drone-industrial complex wants 30,000 eyes in the sky spying on us Americans by 2020
- January: Five ways we can make government work for We the People in 2013
2012
- December: Wall Street, the Kochs, and Rove lost to the people-- so let's make Washington govern for the people
- November: In this season of feasting, let's celebrate real food and reject gene-tinkered tomatoes and cloned cows
- October: The Big Three Myths fabricated by right wing fabulists to frame America's elections
- September: Guided by the Koch brothers, Republicans have installed czars to run Michigan's cities
- August: The minimum wage is a disgrace, and raising it would be a boon to the whole economy
- July: Oil and gas marauders are destroying our land, water, and communities all over America
- June: The plutocrats who bankrolled the GOP primaries--and what they want in return
- May: The great American medicine show, a spectacle of deceit, manipulation, and flimflammery
- April: Our taxes pay spies to work for rich shareholders-- and pay for the corporatization of war itself
- March: The Post Office is not broke--and it hasn't taken any of our tax money since 1971
- February: In the Constitution, "security" means protection from our law enforcers, not by them
- January: Yes we can manage this country without the corporate priesthood--the cooperative movement shows us how
2011
- December: Corporate elites and their small-minded political servants are creating the Incredibly Shrinking America
- November: From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Nation in just two months
- October: Citizens united against Citizens United: A grassroots campaign to restore democracy
- September: It's time to name the tea party politicians (and their sponsors)--and call them out
- August: Why are we letting corporate Supremists steal our democracy from us?
- July: Summertime Lowdown : A picnic basket of absurdities, oddities, and some sweet positives
- June: Billionaires' front groups attack workers, public schools, and young voters
- May: A battery of elected ideologues opens fire on those who serve the public
- April: The Big Three secret funders of the $75 million campaign to trash Democratic candidates
- March: Here's who is buying America's democracy
- February: The top four victories handed to corporate America by today's Supreme Court--so far
- January: A new Wall Street sin tax could raise $100B a year to reinvest in Main Street America
