The Hightower Report: Why Are Taxpayers Subsidizing Corporate Crime?

Tough on crime, unless it's corporate

"...the old saying. Unless, of course, the criminals are corporate executives. In those cases, the culprits are practically always..."

Feb. 20, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report: Corporate greed is making us sick

Corporate greed is making us sick

"...The failure of our corporate and political leaders to make sure every worker gets..."

Oct. 25, 2013 News Column

The Hightower Report: Should We Entrust Our Schoolchildren to Corporate Profiteers?

What's your education worth?

"...billion from their federal funding and give it to corporate chains...."

July 28, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

Gay Corporate Texas

When it comes to equality, a surprising number of major Texas companies are downright liberal

"...before voters Nov. 8 – but who better than corporate America to teach business-friendly legislators about "values" that embrace,..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Temp

"...rung at a time, on her way up the corporate ladder. As played by Twin Peaks alumna Boyle, the..."

Feb. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Fun With Dick and Jane

The original version of this comedy was a little countercultural, a lot class-conscious, and a touch subversive; this remake is all farce when what is needed is satire.

"...when the husband loses his job due to the corporate malfeasance of others, seems perfectly suited to our current..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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Making America dependent on domestic oil instead of focusing on conservation and renewable fuels is an ass-backward energy policy; and the ridiculous notion that we should treat corporations like living beings

"...plan is a wet dream come true for oil executives, but it's the same oily mess for America. It..."

May 13, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown

John Ashcroft snuffs out medical marijuana; corporate execs get slapped on the wrist.

"...WHATEVER HAPPENED TO CORPORATE REFORM?..."

July 4, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown

Selling the Commons; The Corporate Tax-Dodgers

"...Hightower takes you deep into the dazzling neon of CorporateWorld, where no public facility is spared being branded by..."

March 16, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown

Kmart gives its CEO the blue light and workers the pink slip; corporate taxes disappear into the Bermuda Triangle; Vignette rewards failure.

"...shams, and flim-flams, you just can't keep up with corporate executives and the hordes of lawyers and accountants they..."

May 3, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Public utility watchdogs keep close eye on corporate executives' parties; become a head honcho and get rewarded for not producing

"...as quaffing margaritas and munching hors d'oeuvres with the corporate executives they're supposed to be watchdogging...."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown

Corporate Criminals Come Clean; What's in a Name?

"...Corporate Criminals Come Clean At last, corporate crime soon will..."

Nov. 24, 2000 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Three Wrongs Don't Make Big Oil Right; and Who's Getting Face Time With Your Legislators?

"...anger. "We don't set prices at the pump," the executives lecture to us. "The price of gasoline is determined..."

June 17, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

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How About a Real Democratic Stimulus; and Google

"...including meekly going along with Bush to provide more corporate tax cuts that will do zero to stimulate recovery...."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Softening the Words of War; and "Burden" on Corporate Crooks

"...the media elites like it or not. 'BURDEN' ON CORPORATE CROOKS Sure enough, George W. really is a compassionate..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown

Microsoft and Sara Lee buy justice; Americans work too much.

"...Moreover, corporate executives knew the meat was contaminated. Six months prior..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

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The Upside to Downsizing; and Home Depot Exec Blows a Gasket

"...thing. "Career transition" consultants are hot these days, as corporate America seeks help in dumping so many employees. These..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Dirty Grandpa

Robert De Niro and Zac Efron go on a raunchy road trip

"...penises on display, a trend I can see studio executives believing to be some sort of balancing of the..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Headhunters

This Norwegian crime thriller is anchored by a schemer who brings on his own ruin.

"...my height," smirks Roger Brown (Hennie). A 5'6", po-faced corporate headhunter, he works overtime trying to keep his Nordic..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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Both the feds and the corporations are abandoning the middle class

"...falling incomes. Since the recession technically ended in 2009, corporate profits have zoomed, sopping up an unprecedented 88% of..."

Aug. 12, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

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It's easy to make nuclear waste safe -- just pass a law saying it's so; and, dishonesty permeates the corporate culture -- even CEOs' golf games.

"...this radioactive waste? Until now, regulators have required the corporate operators of Oak Ridge and other nuclear facilities to..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown

A lobbyist "volunteers" for Bush, the WTO plays peek-a-boo in Qatar, and China represses independent unions

"...thank Nick, for he's spearheaded some of the biggest corporate pushes in Congress to pass their global, cheap-labor agenda...."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report: How Many Working-Class Populists Are in Trump’s New Government?

More than half of The Donald's Department of Defense transition team have worked as executives or lobbyists

"...he was gonna take on Wall Street and the corporate elites. But the bitter irony for the working class..."

Jan. 27, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

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A Wall Street Apology?; and The Art of Tax-Dodging

"...worldwide showing a trio of the nuclear plant's top corporate executives. They were at the hospital bedside of a..."

May 13, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...is to make America safe for the new "über-class." Corporate executives, financiers, and the investor class are the real..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Column

To Many the American Dream Is No Longer Available

"...is to make America safe for the new “über-class.” Corporate executives, financiers, and the investor class are the real..."

Oct. 11, 2005 Postmarks

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Redistribution of Wealth to the Few; and Soaking Shareholders for Perks

"...America's unemployed and downsized workers are furious that corporate profits, stock prices, and CEO pay are up –..."

Dec. 3, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

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A CEO Perk for Perks; Why Not 'Drink Local'?

"...free personal trips that I take on my company's corporate jet...."

April 18, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Why has nefarious corporate behavior become so commonplace?

"...out the nefarious doings and innate immorality of the corporate creature...."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Democrats Suckered on Water-Boarding; and Sanctioning Corporate Autocracy

"...on Schumer and Feinstein, too. They failed us. Sanctioning corporate autocracy..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

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