Corporate and governmental hucksters intentionally cloak their schemes in convoluted obfuscations… so we commoners can’t really know what they’re saying… or doing to us. That’s why our Hightower Lowdown team takes pride in regularly trying...
Back to school! Bright-eyed youngsters are now back in our public classrooms, filled with questions about the world around them. Questions like: What happened to our school library, and where did our librarians go? Sadly,...
Last week, I wrote about how Labor Day was created in the 1880s by rebellious workers, but I’m celebrating the spirit again this week because a momentous new energy has been building in today’s union...
We human beings sometimes do some terrible things in pursuit of the almighty dollar. But to our credit, one moral line we humans don’t cross is to profiteer by gouging sick people on the price...
A few days ago, the city of Savannah, Georgia took an important symbolic step toward racial inclusiveness, naming one of Savannah’s 23 historic public squares for a Black woman. Susie King Taylor, born in 1848...
The people are revolting (in the very best meaning of that word)! An inspiring example of people rising up against a trifecta of economic, cultural, and political oppression has just come to us from a...
Peggy Lee struck a mournful chord with her hit song, “Is That All There Is?” It was about the vapidity of life, and I found myself subconsciously singing along last week as I pondered the...
Last week, T-Mobile (my cell phone provider) pinged me with a rude message: Henceforth we will screw you out of an extra $5 a month. WHAT?! Had I done something wrong? No....
Today’s train robbers don’t need masks or guns, for they are railroad executives wearing $3,000 suits and robbing us by railroading the political system. With their gangs of lobbyists and hopper cars of campaign cash,...
When your political opponents push extremist public policies that would be disastrous for America, should you wring your hands in dread… or applaud? Consider “Project 2025,” put together by former Trump officials and the Koch...