As the Trump administration attempts to erase Black history all over the country, we wanted to share this video from a 2022 interview with Hightower, where he talks about why he endorsed Jesse Jackso… Read moreVon Jim Hightower

May I just say that the stupidest, most despicable, most self-defeating political “tactic” in our present hyper-partisan climate is the accusation that victims of today’s horrific wildfires, floods, and such are getting what they deserved because of their political views. Upgrade your subscription Start with this month’s catastrophic floods in Appa…

The Trump-Musk administration thought they could just stomp on us and our Constitution, replacing democracy with a MAGA monarchy. But they had not reckoned with one fearsome opponent: Sen. Chuck Schumer. The Senate’s top Democrat says he’s getting “furious” about the GOP’s oligarchic coup attempt. Wow, he might even fire off one of his strongly wor…

Corporate powers are telling us not to worry our little heads about the humanoid robotics they’re increasingly employing in America’s workplaces. Yes, they concede, AI’s new generation of “thinking robots” will transform many jobs, but – like magic – they’ll also create better career opportunities for “the human element.” Really… like what? Well, l…

In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Humpty Dumpty autocratically declares that “When I use a word, it means what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.” But, says Alice: “The question is whether you can make words mean so many different things.” To which Humpty retorts: “The question is which is to be master – that’s all.” Now comes Trumpty …

Here’s something I had never given any thought to: The price of fire trucks. Plus, a worrisome fire truck shortage! Huh? What would cause any town or city to run short of this essential piece of its community infrastructure? Answer: old-fashioned greed, coming from a modern-day monopolistic construct called “private equity.” Essentially, this is a …

Early in the Civil War, General George McClellan’s Union Army was poised for a decisive victory over Confederate forces. But, inexplicably, McClellan wouldn’t attack! For days, President Lincoln ordered and even begged the general to move. But nothing – so the Confederates slipped away. In firing McClellan, Lincoln wrote: “If you don’t want to use …

Corporate chieftains are giants, even geniuses – right? Years ago, laissez-faire ideologue Ayn Rand hailed them as society’s supermen, comparing them to Atlas, the mythological Greek god who “holds the world on his shoulders.” But look, here comes one of her modern-day gods now – Timothy Wentworth! He stands astride Walgreens, the multibillion-doll…

I guess I’ll just have throw myself on Donald Trump’s mercy, for I confess that I am a repeat violator of MAGA’s high crime of DEI-ism. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion. Guilty on all counts! But it’s not my fault. From childhood, I was fed a steady diet of that kind of all-in-this-together thinking by my parents, teachers, and ministers. So next thing…

Photo: Mikala Compton The far-right potentates of Christian nationalism not only say they speak to God, but they now claim to speak for God. They might, however, want to ponder a cartoon I recently saw. It pictured one of these pious flimflammers demanding entry to heaven, bragging that he had been God’s personal messenger on Earth. “Really,” said …

In the 1787 Constitutional Convention, the framers were clear on what they were NOT creating: A monarchy. One delegate expressed the group’s absolute conviction that the founding document must exclude even the “fetus of monarchy.” Yet, 238 years later, watching Trump’s inaugural week, it was both awful and comical to see the royal pretentions of Ki…

Diane Wilson outside her home in Seadrift in December 2024. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News It’s been my honor to know a few real heroes – people who’ve selflessly dared to fight greed and oppression to advance the common good. Diane Wilson, for example. For forty years, this fiery, fourth-generation fisherwoman from the Texas Gulf Coast …

A lot of working-class voters, who live outside of blue voting areas are asking: Where the hell is the Democratic party? Sad to say, the “Party of the People” is mired in Washington, controlled by a cadre of high-dollar consultants, corporate lobbyists, big donors, and meek political leaders who’ve decide that “red” and rural American voters are lo…

Photo courtesy Cecile’s Twitter account Cecile Richards--what a sparkling gem of a human! It was my joy and good luck to know her from the 1980s, when I was running for Texas Agriculture Commissioner and her mother, Ann, was running for State Treasurer. Young Cecile was Ann's secret weapon, both a passionate surrogate campaigner and a compassionate…

One thing you can say about Trump is that he’s absolutely clear on his furious opposition to immigrants taking American jobs. Except, of course, when the corporate honchos profiting from cheap immigrant labor are billionaire funders of Trump’s campaigns – or, hello, when Trump himself is doing the hiring! Upgrade your subscription A work-permit pro…