Media inquiries: Contact laura@jimhightower.com to schedule interviews.Willie Nelson has a way of getting right to the political point: “If you don’t like who’s in there, throw ‘em out / That’s what elections are all about.”Texans just took Willie’s advice, soundly thrashing the arrogant, corrupt, far-right Republican autocrats who’ve totally controlled our state’s governmental, economic and social politics for four decades. What happened here is a genuine, grassroots rebellion of progressive populism, pitting newly-organized people against the business-as-usual power of organized money.I’ve spent years arguing that Texas is not a Republican or right-wing state. It’s been a non-voting state, usually having [...]