Why Would We Let Wall Street “Care For” Our Pets?
Question: What does a packet of M&M’s and your local veterinarian have in common? Answer: Both are owned by Mars Inc., the global candy monopolist. Si...
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National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, co-editor of the monthly "Hightower Lowdown" and author of "Thieves In High Places: They've Stolen Our Country And It's Time to Take It Back," Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be -- consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks.
The Corporatization of Pet Care: Animal Cruelty?
For many people, the animals they adopt and love become more like family members than pets. We have deep relationships, with cats, dogs, parrots, goat...
Can the Rest of the Nation Follow Alabama?
Here are two terms you don’t expect to see together: “The state of Alabama” and “progressive leader.” (Ok, I’m a Texan, so I have no standing to point...
America needs a quality child care system
Nearly every nation with an advanced economy (and some not so advanced) treats child care as a fundamental public good essential to nurturing children...
Why Corporations Pay Millions for Executive Mediocrity
Most people believe the American economy is being rigged by and for bankers, CEOs, and other superrich elites, because… well, because it is! With thei...
The Grand Larceny of Bank(er) Robbery
Exciting news from Wall Street: Our wealth markets are booming! Everything from the Dow Jones Average to gold prices are rocketing to new records, sho...
Let’s Create a Bank System That Serves People, Instead of Bankers
Corporate ideologues never cease blathering that government programs should be run like a business. Really – what businesses would they choose? Pharma...
Your Dog Knows Better Than To Let The GOP “Fix” Our Postal System
When Donald Trump declared he would fix the US Postal Service, he was using the word “fix” the same way veterinarians do when you bring in your dog. T...
Can Corporate Profit and Morality Be Compatible?
Is “corporate ethics” an oxymoron? Do you have to be a jerk to be a successful CEO? Is exploitation the only path to profit? The good news is that man...
How About an Award for Sleaziest Corporate Profiteering?
We’ve got the Academy Awards, the Emmy’s, and GRAMMYs… but what should we call the award for the most extraordinary performance by a corporate profite...