The Highroad
Ag biz gags on its own gag law
Amy Meyer was curious. Then she was appalled. Then she was charged with the “crime” of using a cell phone to video what appalled her...
What does ‘Trumponomics’ actually amount to?
Donnie Trump — what a maverick! What a shake-’em-up outsider! What an anti-establishment fighter for working stiffs!
Oh, and don’t forget this: What a phony!
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How do coal barons get away with murder?
Coal mining is a filthy business. Literally.
Miners not only get covered in the soot of their trade, but also suffer the suffocating death called...
Where does inequality come from?
The vast inequality that’s rending our society is not a natural, inevitable or accidental phenomenon — it’s caused intentionally by policy decisions that corporate...
Moneyed elites get richer the old-fashioned way: Stealing
Get ready to swallow your “Statistic of the Day...
Giving thanks for grassroots progressives
Wow, that was an exhilarating election, wasn’t it? Of course, even a car wreck can be exhilarating...
General Armey fades away
Lightning’s flashing, winds are howling — and there’s a tempest in the tea party! Why it’s Dick Armey, the blowhard, former Republican majority leader, corporate lobbyist, Koch brothers’ retainer and commanding general of the tea party army...
A more genteel political corruption
Not only does corporate political money shout, scream, bellow and bay in our elections, but afterwards it quietly slips into the back rooms of power to talk softly about payback...
The gaping hole in Trump’s border wall
How much of your money does Donald Trump want to pour into his xenophobic fantasy of erecting an impenetrable wall on our Mexican border?
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