You've probably never heard of Leonard Leo, but this obscure, far-right ideologue is a major capo in the tight little world of the anti-democracy extremists who hold an iron grip on today's Republican leadership. Read more...
Because cartooning is an expression of the human spirit that has been irrepressible since cave drawings, generation after generation of pen-and-ink champions of democracy have blossomed. Moreover, the general public's appreciation and demand for the cartoonist's sharp-pointed honesty and satire have never flagged, even increasing whenever the artists come under public assault by autocrats, plutocrats, theocrats, cultists, racists, demagogs, screwballs, and assorted other censors. Read more...
With dozens of Democratic candidates having entered the presidential race (some dropping out before you were aware they’d dropped in),...
Unbeknownst to the general public (and still largely undiscovered by national media), oil giants and other multinational corporations have quietly colluded with the legislators and governors they've purchased. Together, they've rammed through a series of autocratic state laws criminalizing our right to protest at sites they imperiously designated "critical infrastructure." Encompassed in the sweeping lockdown inherent in this often-specious designation are public demonstrations that the sneaky new laws defined as "criminal interference." Read more...
Two coalitions that helped pass USMCA are made up of some 200 multinational corporate powers that are together responsible for more than half a million trade-related US job losses under the old Nafta. Read more...
Pirates? Well, what else to call a country that makes such robbery core to its economic development strategy? [WARNING: Inconvenient historical truth dead ahead.] You could call it the United States of America. Read more...
As we gape 24/7 at the amazing ridiculousness of The Donald, our pockets are being picked, not by scammers who are barely getting by themselves, but by wildly rich, greedy, and powerful corporations. Read more...
Donald Trump hates you. But don't take it personally, he hates me, too--and all of us who constitute The Public. The billionaire's antipathy is not directed at us hoi polloi as individuals, but as users (he means abusers) of publicly provided services such as schools, parks, health care, buses, libraries, and environmental protections. Read more...
The Lowdown’s report last month on the Koch Klan’s plutocratic coup against your and my democratic rights prompted a few...
Susan DeMarco, 1943 – 2018 Some are born with good luck, but Lady Luck didn’t bless me until I was...
What's been happening politically and culturally this year in Colorado's second largest city is astonishing, encouraging ... even inspiring. Progressive/populist activists who're organizing all across America have a radiant model of success in one of the least likely places. Read more...
Buckle-up friends, it’s going to be a hairy ride. Start with Day One for President Trump (gotta get used to...
ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS is the lead actor in the pipeline assault on the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, but it’s not...
Hey y’all! Deanna the resident nerd here. We had a small problem with a corrupted database that contains your usernames...
Hi folks, This is Team Lowdown: Deanna Zandt on the left in the photo above, me in the hat, Sonal...
Hi folks, This is Team Lowdown: Deanna Zandt on the left in the photo above, me in the hat, Sonal...
It’s been an eventful year in the populist fight for healthy, sustainable—and tasty—food for all
Thanksgiving approaches–let’s eat! America’s most food-focused holiday traces its roots back to the abundant fall feast that Pilgrims and Indians...
n his 2012 presidential escapade, Mitt Romney cast himself as just a regular fella, but his inner son-of-privilege kept coming...
Activists crumble Big Coal, shame Koch-head science, storm to a populist internet victory, and more!
n this age of instant media and round-the-clock news, many stories seize our attention for a moment and then drop...
Butch Hancock, one of Austin’s finest singer-songwriters, grew up in the Texas Panhandle, out among dryland farmers and strict fundamentalist...