Jim Hightower wafotokozedwa kuti ndi mitundu yosowa kwambiri ya zamoyo: "Wamasomphenya wokhala ndi mphamvu za akavalo ndi mtsogoleri wanthabwala." Masiku ano, Hightower ndi mmodzi mwa atsogoleri olemekezeka kwambiri "kunja kwa Washington" ku United States. Wolemba, wothirira ndemanga pawailesi komanso wolandila, wokamba nkhani pagulu komanso sparkplug ndale, Texan uyu watha zaka zopitilira makumi awiri akulimbana ndi Washington ndi Wall Street m'malo mwa ogula, ana, mabanja ogwira ntchito, osamalira zachilengedwe, mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono komanso anthu wamba. Atangomaliza ku koleji, Hightower adapita kukagwira ntchito ngati wothandizira malamulo kwa Senator wa ku Texas Ralph Yarborough, wokonda ufulu / wodziwika bwino kwambiri m'boma losasunthika, lomwe nthawi zambiri silimakonda. Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1970 adatsogolera Agribusiness Accountability Project, akulemba mabuku angapo ndikuchitira umboni ku Congress za mtengo wa anthu pakupanga phindu lamakampani komanso kufunika kwa ulimi wokhazikika, wathanzi, ndi mgwirizano. Kuchokera ku 1977 mpaka 1979, adakonza Texas Observer, munga kumbali ya ndale za Texas Neanderthal komanso mbiri yakale ya utolankhani. Mu 1982, Hightower anasankhidwa ku Texas Agriculture Commissioner ndiyeno anasankhidwanso mu 1986. Udindo wa dziko lonse unamupatsa mwayi womenyera mitundu ya ndondomeko ndi ndondomeko zoyendetsera m'malo mwa alimi a mabanja ndi ogula omwe adawalimbikitsa kwa nthawi yaitali. Zinamupangitsanso kuwonekera m'magulu andale zadziko, komwe Hightower adakhala wothandizira kwambiri zigawenga za Rainbow mkati mwa Democratic Party mu zisankho za 1984 ndi 1988. Mu 1997 Hightower adatulutsa buku latsopano, Palibe Chilichonse Pakati Pamsewu Koma Mikwingwirima Yachikasu Ndi Armadillo Yakufa. Hightower akupitiliza kupanga ndemanga zake zodziwika bwino pawailesi komanso kuyankhula ndi magulu mdziko lonselo. Katswiri wake waposachedwa kwambiri ndi nyuzipepala ya mwezi uliwonse, The Hightower Lowdown, yomwe ipereka chidziwitso chapadera cha anthu ku Washington ndi Wall Street - yopatsa olembetsa zidziwitso zapanthawi yake, mikangano ndi chilankhulo choti agwiritse ntchito polimbana ndi mphamvu za umbuli ndi kudzikuza. HIGHTOWER RADIO: Live kuchokera ku Chat & Chew, pulogalamu yoyimba pawayilesi, yomwe idayamba pa Tsiku la Ntchito, 1996, ndipo ikupitilizabe kuchita bwino ndi mabungwe opitilira 70 mdziko lonse. Chiwonetserochi chikuphatikizapo omvera, oimba, alendo, ndi oyimba omwe ali ndi kawonedwe ka anthu omwe samveka kwina kulikonse pamawayilesi. Zosintha ndi zambiri za Hightower ndi ntchito zake zitha kupezeka pa intaneti yapadziko lonse lapansi pa http://www.jimhightower.com.