Workers Are Fighting Retail Ro...

Dec 6, 2018 by

A small group of Walmart workers recently publicly confronted Alice Walton, the Walmart heiress who is probably the world’s richest woman. Earlier this year, Walmart increased the starting wage for store associates to $11 an hour, but competitors Amazon and Target agreed to $15…

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WHOLE FOODS REPRESENTS THE FAI...

May 30, 2017 by

WHOLE FOODS REPRESENTS THE FAILURES OF ‘CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM’

[Translate]   Nicole Aschoff   THE GUARDIAN There’s no way to ‘fix’ corporations’ compulsion to produce ever more, ever more cheaply....

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Elizabeth Warren’s Kick-...

Jul 3, 2016 by

Elizabeth Warren’s Kick-Ass Speech Tells It Like It Is: What Should Hillary Do?

[Translate] Heading into the Democratic Convention, the senator from Massachusetts offers the best analysis of our failed...

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WALMART THREATENS CITY COUNCIL...

Dec 6, 2015 by

WALMART THREATENS CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE

[Translate] by Bryce Covert THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Gareth Patterson Walmart CEO Doug McMillon   A California city is...

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HILLARY CLINTON SHEDS PROGRESS...

Nov 21, 2015 by

HILLARY CLINTON SHEDS PROGRESSIVE FACADE WITH BOLD RIGHTWARD LURCH

[Translate] TRUTHDIG / Common Dreams Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock From her call for a major air and ground war against ISIS to her...

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HILLARY VS. BERNIE: HERE’...

Oct 18, 2015 by

HILLARY VS. BERNIE: HERE’S WHAT’S REALLY AT STAKE

[Translate]   The two leading candidates seem to have much in common. But under the surface is a major and irresolvable split...

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Brune to Walmart Executives an...

Jun 9, 2015 by

Brune to Walmart Executives and Shareholders: Living Wages, Living Planet Hitched Together

[Translate] By Dean Hubbard  SIERRA CLUB Image Source: Screenshot from the video of Michael Brune speaking. Last Friday Sierra Club...

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4 Numbers That Prove America I...

Mar 16, 2015 by

4 Numbers That Prove America Is a Deeply Messed-Up Place

[Translate]   The mainstream media rarely publishes facts like these. By Paul Buchheit / AlterNet There’s something perversely...

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Walmart’s new green product la...

Mar 6, 2015 by

Walmart’s new green product label is the most misleading yet

[Translate] Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com By Stacy Mitchell   grist A giant, 150-foot roll of bubble wrap may not be your idea of an...

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Kochs and Walmart Clan Wage Di...

Jan 6, 2015 by

Kochs and Walmart Clan Wage Dirty War to Stop You From Putting Solar Panels on Your Home

[Translate] Solar panels are popping up everywhere, and it’s upsetting to corporate power system. By Cliff Weathers / AlterNet...

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