The vast tonnage of this trash increases every minute, with an afterlife lasting centuries.
What do your toothbrush and your running shoes have in common? Plastic. Continue reading →
What better symbol of agri-industry’s vision of “food” than the ubiquitous Butterball turkey so many ate for Thanksgiving?
America certainly has an abundance of food, even though many Americans do not. We face a momentous choice of whether to pursue a food future rooted in the ethic of sustainable agri-culture — or one based on the exploitative ethic of agri-industry. Continue reading →
Progressive ballot initiatives passed handily across the country, even in so-called red states.
Trump may have lost his bid for reelection, but many will still wonder: How has America turned so right-wing that a narcissistic, wannabe-dictator like Trump was even in the running? Continue reading →
The drug store giant’s CEO has been cutting corners while rewarding himself handsomely.
Sometimes I don’t know whether to weep uncontrollably, laugh hysterically, or just throw up. Continue reading →
Endangered GOP incumbents are launching increasingly racialized attacks against their challengers.
If you’re a rich Republican who’s done nothing in the House of Representatives for so long that you’re essentially seen as a piece of furniture, what do you do when faced with a popular, well-organized, grassroots opponent who’s about to overtake you? Continue reading →
They’ve defied the Constitution and the will of the state’s voters, but it’s not too late to stop them.
How nasty is the Republican Party’s massive campaign to thwart democracy? Ask the good people of Florida. Continue reading →
Federal regulators recently okayed selling chickens suffering from Avian Leukosis, which produces cancerous tumors.
Top regulatory officials in Trump’s government keep chanting the same one-word mantra: “Deregulate. Deregulate. Deregulate.” Continue reading →
Trump is willing to destroy this prized national asset to cling to power.
As the recently departed progressive champion John Lewis warned, your right to vote “is not guaranteed. You can lose it.” Continue reading →
Republicans are trying to throw 23 million Americans off their health care—in a pandemic.
Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the disease is raging anew because corporate-serving public officials rushed to “open the economy,” causing more infections and deaths. Continue reading →
Times of great adversity not only bring out the best and worst in society, but they also flush out some of the stinkiest and slimiest creatures. Think of war profiteers, hucksters who prey on poor hurricane victims, or Betsy DeVos. Continue reading →
Overhaul the USDA
For decades, the agriculture department has been indifferent to struggling rural communities. That has to change.
Posted on February 19, 2021 by Jim Hightower
We can’t just settle for disinfecting the White House after four-years of Trump. A fundamental, structural rebuild is necessary, including on health care, immigration, the environment, civil rights, labor law, and infrastructure. Continue reading →