SPECIAL EPISODE: Hightower Chat ‘n’ Chew with George Goehl and MariaElena Fournier September 2020As you may or may not know, Hightower has been hosting live Facebook chats throughout the pandemic with activists and...
How to arm nature against corporate profiteers September 2020There’s a hunter’s nightmare in which a group of them flush some rabbits out of the brush. But rather than...
When the world’s on fire, what should we do? September 2020For millions of people around the globe – especially young people – the pressing issue of our time is this:...
Who’s making our medicine? September 2020Let’s talk pills. To treat everything from allergies to heart problems, half of Americans take a prescription medicine every day,...
CEO tricksters cut their pay without bleeding September 2020COVID-19 has been a doubly-deadly disaster for millions of Americans, destroying both life and livelihoods. But one of the most...
The Dow Jones v. The Doug Jones September 2020Wow, how about that Dow? The Dow-Jones Average of corporate stock prices, I mean – the one economic indicator that...
Where did the Republican Party go? September 2020With our national election looming, someone should put up “lost dog” signs in every neighborhood saying, “Missing: Republican Party Platform.”...
Amazing! Republicans turn progressive September 2020Wow, what a surprise! Have you seen the National Republican Party’s official platform? Perhaps, like me, you would have expected...
Trump dishes up “Chicken á la Avian Leukosis” August 2020Top regulatory officials in Trump’s government keep chanting the same one-word mantra: “Deregulate… Deregulate… Deregulate…” Day after day, these agency...
Trump’s bassackwards government August 2020Gosh, our Trasher-in-chief has really been busy lately, calling Kamala Harris “nasty” and calling our post offices “a joke.” But,...
Save our Post Office… and our right to vote August 2020As progressive champion John Lewis warned, your right to vote “is not guaranteed. You can lose it.” You see, it’s...
Getting into “Good Trouble” August 2020In this horrible time of economic collapse, it is truly touching to see so many corporate chieftains reaching out in...
How intractable is CEO greed? August 2020As horrible as the COVID-19 crisis is, it has brought out the best in the American people – the selflessness...
The deadly economic disease behind COVID-19 August 2020In this horrible time of economic collapse, it is truly touching to see so many corporate chieftains reaching out in...
How to fight off a bad case of “CHS” Flu August 2020Unfortunately, an exotic flu epidemic has broken out in Washington, DC. Dubbed the “Canadian Hot Sauce Flu,” it uniquely afflicts...
Trump’s one-word re-election campaign August 2020“Socialism,” snarled The Donald at a recent pep rally of far-right Republicans. And the obedient crowd of Trumpistas snarled back...
The virus that’s killing America July 2020The holy mantra of health professionals was coined about 2,500 years ago by the Greek physician, Hippocrates: “Do no harm.”...
The exceptional greed of healthcare executives July 2020Sometimes I don’t know whether to weep uncontrollably, laugh hysterically, or just throw up. I recently did all three when...
Sneaking public dollars into private schools July 2020During today’s COVID-19 crisis, the PR departments of every brand-name corporation are running slick ads nobly proclaiming: “We’re all in...
Spinning around on Trump’s Money-go-round July 2020The Donald is in a funk. He’s been outsmarted by an inert virus, his poll numbers are tanking, and even...
Sacrificing people to corporate profit July 2020As directed by their big business funders, top Republican officeholders across the country have been defying public health experts in...
Cashing in on the COVID crisis July 2020Why does Donald Trump refuse to wear a coronavirus mask? Because he realizes that, in a mask, we’d all recognize...
The GOP’s grotesque plan to cope with COVID-19 July 2020Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the disease is presently raging anew because corporate-serving public officials rushed to “open the...
Meet the Slaphappy Governor of Texas July 2020Once again, my state of Texas is saddled with a Republican gubernatorial goober. Greg Abbott is this guy’s name, and...
The meek reality behind Trump’s pose as a Bull Moose Populist July 2020It’s been pointed out that Donnie Trump has unusually small hands… but who cares? What’s truly alarming are his unusually...
