Jim Hightower

Here's a case of good news oozing out of bad news, and vice versa.

The bad news is that Hostess Brands has sunk into bankruptcy. It couldn't stay afloat with the... [read more]

"Greenwashing" is the use of shameless PR campaigns by notorious polluters to portray their corporations as benign Bambi-loving protectors of nature. But now comes "Greedwashing."

And who's in greater need... [read more]

How small can a giant corporation get? I don't mean in size, but in spirit.

Once again, America's biggest commercial empire – Wal-Mart – is displaying its incredibly-shriveled ethical center... [read more]

In these times of nationwide job insecurity, with five applicants lined up for every job opening, CEOs warn workers that they'd better perform – or else. Or else they'll be unceremoniously booted out the door.... [read more]

It's one thing to be addicted to a drug, but it's worse to be hooked because someone else is addicted.

The someone in this case is Bank of America, along with... [read more]

How small can a giant corporation get? I don't mean in size, but in spirit.

Once again, America's biggest commercial empire – Wal-Mart – is displaying its incredibly-shriveled ethical center... [read more]

As an old country saying puts it, "Money is like manure – it does no good unless you spread it around."

Yet, America's corporate and political leaders have intentionally been... [read more]

One way you can tell that a bank is in trouble is that it suddenly starts buying full-page ads in newspapers across the country to tell us what great shape its in and what a... [read more]

Many big-time newspapers have run mocking pieces by political pundits about the Occupy movement, denigrating it as confused and chaotic. In USA Today, for example, right-wing pundit Cal Thomas recently opined that "to the extent... [read more]

America's power elites on Wall Street and in Washington have been stunned by the sudden surge of the Occupy movement. Some 600 U.S. communities have Occupy groups, thousands of middle-class people have taken to the... [read more]