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Perhaps you remember Sen. Barry Goldwater, the GOP’s fringy, far-right-wing 1964 presidential nominee who famously said, “Extremism in the defense […]

In the 1990s, renowned Texas progressive writer Molly Ivins regaled (and appalled) readers with her reports on the tragicomic awfulness […]

Throughout the country, newspaper subscribers are asking questions like: Hey, who took my Saturday paper? What happened to those political […]

My newspaper died. Well, technically it still appears, but it has no life, no news, and barely a pulse. It’s […]

The problem with our so-called “free market” is that it’s not free for you and me. It’s largely controlled by […]

Today, CEOs of big corporations are playing the tricky “Inflation Blame Game!” Publicly, they moan that the pandemic is slamming […]

Last year’s gubernatorial race in Virginia was narrowly won by Republican Glenn Youngkin. An elite Wall Street multimillionaire, he was […]

Who were the robber barons? The originals, I mean. They were a class of minor lords in feudal Germany who’d […]

It’s been an all-time record year of runaway wealth for America’s billionaires, with this tiny clique vastly widening the chasm […]

Let me say one word to you: Nuts. Now, let me say one name to you: Ted Cruz. They’ve become […]

What makes a newspaper great? Many say it’s having street-savvy reporters and editors with the integrity to shine the light […]

For generations, workers have been punished by corporate bosses for watching the clock. But now, the corporate clock is watching […]

In the world of work, what two occupations might seem to have the very least in common? How about long-haul […]

For more than a year, America’s corporate chieftains have been moaning about “The Great Resignation” – the recent phenomena of […]

Sure enough, opportunists have rushed into America’s local news void, sowing thousands of poisonous “imposter” news sites that churn out lies and partisan hackery in the guise of legitimate reporting.

Let’s all gather ‘round the campfire, Buckaroos and let Ol’ Cactus Jim here tell you about some of today’s hardy, […]

The “old homeplace” is a classic theme of Americana, expressed in everything from Norman Rockwell paintings to Woody Guthrie’s powerful […]

Sen. Joe Manchin – a one-man political steamroller in Washington – is a Democrat. Except when he’s not, which is […]

From corporate polluters to political bosses, power elites try to create a myth of inevitability, trying to make workaday people […]

We’re trying something new here at the Lowdown! We’ve been having a blast with our live talk show, so we’re […]

America’s stringent system of corporate capitalism keeps carving out new depths of worker exploitation. Take Chick-fil-A, a right-wing, Atlanta-based, fast-food […]

Urgent alert to top Dem party poohbahs: Too many would-be Democratic voters are disillusioned by your tone-deaf, wishy-washy incrementalism! On […]

“Work your fingers to the bone – whadda ya get? Boney Fingers.” This 1960s song mocking the vaunted virtue of […]

Is it a good deal to sell out your personal integrity for cash from notorious scoundrels? Depends on your sell-out […]

C’mon down! It’s our late-summer County Fair issue of the Lowdown—a mix of Blue Ribbon political/economic/social progress, some hog stuff from corporate America, a visit to the always-popular dunking tank, how-to demonstrations of community quilting, a sideshow of prize-winning nuts, something on a stick, and … well, like every fairground, wafts of both manure and fresh air.