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DO THE DEMOCRATS CARE?!: Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe with Rep. Ro Khanna

August 2022

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

The F-WORD: Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe with Monika Bauerlein and Baratunde Thurston

June 2022

Fascism – it’s a term we don’t use lightly. But when the overwhelming power of corporations over Congress and the...

SUPREME COUP: Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Imani Gandy of Rewire News Group

May 2022

For two decades, the GOP’s network of corporate and right-wing operatives has painstakingly fabricated the Supreme Court as its own...

SUPREME INJUSTICE: Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe with Lisa Graves

April 2022

For two decades, the GOP’s network of corporate and right-wing operatives has painstakingly fabricated the Supreme Court as its own...

BULLS**T MONOPOLIES: Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe with Steve Charter & John Boyd, Jr.

February 2022

Everyone’s feeling the strain of inflation, but what’s the real story underneath those jacked-up prices? Spoiler alert: corporate greed! It...

MOTHER NATURE LAWYERS UP: Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe with Alexis Bunten & Samantha Skenandore

January 2022

The Lorax speaks for the trees in Dr. Seuss books, but who speaks for them in real life? A revolutionary...

LAUGHING MATTERS: Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe with Zahra Noorbakhsh and Steve Skrovan

December 2021

Does the state of politics make you want to cry? Wait! There’s another way – and here at the Chat...

DINNER DEMOCRACY: Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe with Tom Philpott & Raj Patel

November 2021

As we head towards Thanksgiving, our minds are all on one of our favorite topics: FOOD! What power do people...

CHILD CARE NOW! Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe with Bryce Covert

October 2021

For decades, the American child care “system,” if one can call it that, has been in shambles thanks to its...

THE ELEPHANT IN THE WOMB: Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe with Loretta J. Ross

September 2021

The outrage over the Texas abortion ban crosses all lines of race, class, and gender, and the Supremes have, so...

LOOK WHO’S ORGANIZING NOW: Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe with Larry Cohen, Sara Steffens & More

September 2021

American workers are fed up with low wages, terrible working conditions, minimal benefits and so much more in their jobs....

Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe: The Right to Repair Movement

July 2021

You bought it, you own it–and that means if it broke, you can fix it, right? Not so fast! Turns...

Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe: Rick Levy (TX AFL-CIO) and USW Beaumont Workers

June 2021

While ExxonMobil holds out for huge changes to seniority, safety, and layoffs, the massively profitable corporation has locked out 650...

Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe: Beto O’Rourke & Paula Littles

June 2021

You’ve no doubt heard about the egregious legislation coming out of the Lone Star State that’s threatening the very foundation...

Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe: AWPU’s Mark Dimondstein & Lori Cash

June 2021

Can we hear it for the public Post Office?! Except for a few corporate privatizers, almost everyone appreciates the minor...

Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe: Lisa Graves

May 2021

A movement is afoot in America: don’t like how the people vote? Well, let’s make it harder for them to...

Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe: Julian Brave NoiseCat

May 2021

A nationwide progressive push is ON, and activists like Julian Brave NoiseCat are leading with work that weaves together the...

Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe: Maurice Mitchell

April 2021

The Working Families Party is NOT your typical political party. A mash-up of movement energy, cultural connection, and political strategy,...

WHAT’S “UNITY” GONNA TAKE: Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe with Heather McGhee

April 2021

There’s much talk about “unity” in progressive circles these days: We know our futures depend on each-others’ success, but how...

Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe: Eric Hall & Lauren Kaori Gurley

March 2021

Corporate behemoth Amazon notoriously crushes efforts to unionize its workers, but right now in Bessemer, Alabama, workers at Amazon’s facility...

Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe: Jane Kleeb

March 2021

When you think of bold, progressive action on climate and the fight against corptocracy, do you think of . ....

TEXAS SNOWPOCALYPSE: Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe with Beto O’Rourke

February 2021

Texas melted down in the miserable storm of February 2021. What happened? What needs to be done? How can others...

Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe: Marcia Ball

February 2021

Marcia Ball is not only a great Texas-born, Louisiana-raised pianist, songwriter, and vocalist, but she’s also a passionate activist and...

Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe: Nse Ufot, New Georgia Project

January 2021

Everyone’s looking at Georgia’s victories as a modern Biblical miracle, as if electing two Democratic senators and flipping the state...

Happy Hour with Hightower at the Lowdown Chat & Chew Cafe: Sharon Lavigne & Anne Rolfes

January 2021

For decades, giant petrochemical corporations have piled into the poor — and predominantly Black — parishes of Louisiana, wreaking toxic...

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