Jim Hightower

JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and the other Wall Street behemoths that dominate American banking – who needs 'em?

After enduring years of insatiable greed by the slick-fingered hucksters... [read more]

My congratulations to workers in 16 states – from Maine to Georgia, New Jersey to Colorado! Many of you will be thrilled to know that the income taxes deducted from your paychecks each month are... [read more]

Woody Guthrie wrote a song titled "Jolly Banker," a perfect-pitch parody of the propensity of Depression-era bankers to feel good about gouging their small borrowers.

Woody's song could also apply... [read more]

The news of massive bribery by Wal-Mart's Mexican subsidiary has filled Republican Rep. Darrell Issa with outrage – not at the corporation's corruption, but at those who're outraged by it.

A... [read more]

Apparently a skunk doesn't smell its own stink – or at least it's not offended by it.

Likewise, Wal-Mart honchos are presently talking about the nauseating stench of its still-evolving bribery... [read more]

First, the corruption. Then, the cover-up. And now, a sham to cover-up the cover-up.

This is the ongoing saga of the sorry state of corporate morality at the highest levels of... [read more]

Let me tell you a corporate morality tale that I call: "The Shame of Shamu."

Actually, Shamu is not the cause of the shame. After all, that's just the generic name... [read more]

Wal-Mart has long boasted of its "Always Low Prices," but now it has confirmed that it also has "Always low morals."

The bottom line has always been THE line for Wal-Mart... [read more]

My congratulations to workers in 16 states – from Maine to Georgia, New Jersey to Colorado! Many of you will be thrilled to know that the income taxes deducted from your paychecks each month are... [read more]

What are these phantasmagoric money machines that they call "private-equity firms?" They're much in the news now, with former private-equity tycoon Mitt Romney running for president on the claim that, because of his years in... [read more]