The Hightower Lowdown

Nike can't tell a lie; and useless crap we don't need.

"...the U.S. Supreme Court last year arrogantly asserting a corporate right to lie. At issue is a 1998 case..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

La Raza: Waking the Sleeping Giant?

The National Council of La Raza looks to raise the U.S. Latino profile.

"...Slinkys emblazoned with "Department of Energy" -- currently a corporate subsidiary, thanks to the Bush administration's intimate ties to..."

July 18, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Shooting Spelce in a Barrel

Bush and Bush Land a Free Ad

"...NAHP Goes Corporate..."

March 13, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

Mobsters

"...to The Godfather trilogy, Once Upon a Time in America, or Miller's Crossing. Certainly, this slick but cheap trick..."

Aug. 2, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Military-Petroleum Complex

The Second Iraq War and the cronies of state capitalism

"...around Kirkuk. The troops were being backed up by American warplanes, which were beginning to bomb Iraqi strongholds around..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Hightower Report

Giving away Appalachia; and cancel Camel No. 9

"...Bush regime these days! The clock is ticking, and Corporate America is rushing to get all the favors it..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Point Austin: Conflict of Interest

Facing corporate tyranny, we're all "interested parties"

"...enlarged the power of global corporations and trampled core American values – namely small business, community, local democracy and..."

Dec. 15, 2006 News Column by Michael King

The Hightower Report

Don't Look Down at Immigrants, Look Up; and a New Horror From the IRS

"...up – focusing on the posh executive suites of corporate America, which have saddled both U.S. and Mexican working..."

April 21, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Don't Bank on It

The folks at Dragon's Lair learn an expensive lesson from Bank of America

"...store made nearly $32,000 in deposits to Bank of America that were never credited to Dragon's Lair's account. Bank..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature by Emily Pyle

The Hightower Report

Saudi Arabia puts lipstick on a pig; and Gary Winnick puts lipstick on his greed.

"...need help. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, Americans have discovered that these oil-rich monarchs are not exactly..."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Enron's Masters of the Universe

A Conversation with Robert Bryce

"...Is the Enron story exceptional or representative of recent corporate scandals?..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Exhibitionism

Big: a Bit By-the-numbers

"...much of big proves itself pleasant, if predictable, mainstream American musical fare. Certainly the audience of family groups and..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Arts Review

The Hightower Report: 2016 Presidential Candidates Address Inequality (Sort of)

Aid goes to the same old corporate elites

"...At last, America's political leaders indicate that they now feel the pain..."

May 29, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Foodopoly

Wenonah Hauter to discuss the next generation of food and farming

"...Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America...."

Aug. 3, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

Fizzy Logic

Drink local soft drinks – from Dublin to Maine

"...man again," explains Mark Seiler. "I was sick of corporate America."..."

March 2, 2012 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Crude

Expert documentarian Joe Berlinger sheds light on the epic environmental lawsuit filed by 30,000 Ecuadorans against the oil company Texaco, which is now owned by Chevron.

"...the way, the film highlights the entrenched pattern of corporate America's bulldozing of indigenous interests at home and abroad..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Knows the Truth and Tells It

"...the U.S. caused it to happen. Since 9/11, more Americans have died in Iraq than died in the World..."

Aug. 29, 2007 Postmarks

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...you are dirt-ignorant, talented, poor, wealthy, or smart, in America, one does have a chance to excel. And that..."

March 21, 2003 Column

Who's That Guy on the TV Set? That's Not the Don I Know!

Winemaker Don Pullum samples 'The Taste'

"...taking acting classes, pursuing a degree in English and American literature, and hoping to someday set up a community..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Many of Our Economic Problems Are Wal-Mart's Fault

"...don’t have a lot of exports to sell, since corporate America has sent all our manufacturing jobs away.) 2)..."

Jan. 23, 2008 Postmarks

Austin @ Large: Every Day Is Halloween

But will only the good corporate kids get the candy?

"...the council itself) are the most astute judges of corporate prowess and character to have ever set foot on..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Leave No Child Behind

In a an excerpt from their new book, Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose expose Bush's No Child Left Behind policy as an educational Enron.

"...Edwards -- along with all but 8% of his African-American classmates at Houston's Phillis Wheatley High School -- really..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Book Reviews

"...during "the most egregious example of executive piracy in American corporate history," but rather why it happened, the former..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Books Feature by James McWilliams

The Hightower Lowdown

CEO pay surges, George W. recycles at the Pentagon, & Tom DeLay quacks like Daffy Duck.

"...Need a New Boss? Corporate bosses had a rough year in 2000: plummeting stock..."

July 13, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

A New Generation Opens Up to Global Cuisine

Local tastemakers think outside America's borders

"...as a busser, hostess, cashier, and waitress at their Chinese-American restaurant...."

Dec. 9, 2016 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

The Hightower Report

Driving America's yellow school bus to educational hell

"...addition to privatization schemes to turn education over to corporate profiteers, public schools themselves have steadily been perverting the..."

Jan. 8, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...a new, more accurate satellite survey of Armenia, an American cartographer forms a powerful bond with an Armenian expatriate..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America, 1947-2000

"...PowerThe Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America, 1947-2000..."

May 11, 2001 Books Review by Dale Smith

Postmarks

"...your article about the U.S. Army's School of the Americas (SOA) ["Military Hospitality," Vol.17, No.14], I think some points..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Column

Cream of the Tech-Top

The Year in Multimedia

"...you can see and hear film clips from such American icons as the Walt Disney Studios, Windham Hill Records,..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Screens Feature

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