Workers Tell OSHA They Were Locked Inside Target Stores Overnight Workers Tell OSHA They Were Locked Inside Target Stores Overnight
Target doesn’t deny that its contractors lock all the doors on the graveyard shift.
Jan 25, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Google’s Monopoly on the News Google’s Monopoly on the News
Left undiscussed in the FTC’s investigation is the search giant’s ability to limit what we all read.
Jan 23, 2013 / William F. Baker
Walmart Cuts Off ‘Brief Courtship’ With Warehouse Worker Group Walmart Cuts Off ‘Brief Courtship’ With Warehouse Worker Group
After an initial meeting, Walmart has told a union-backed warehouse workers group it decided to break it off.
Jan 17, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Are Walmart’s Jobs for Vets Any Good? Are Walmart’s Jobs for Vets Any Good?
Walmart drew White House praise for pledging to hire 100,000 veterans, but some workers pan the plan.
Jan 15, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Everybody Should Be Watching HBO’s ‘Enlightened’ Everybody Should Be Watching HBO’s ‘Enlightened’
People talk a blue streak about Lena Dunham‘s Girls, but Enlightened has a deeper grasp of the world, including the problems of anti-corporate activism.
Jan 13, 2013 / Michelle Dean
The Inconvenient Truth About Jack Lew The Inconvenient Truth About Jack Lew
The track record of Obama's Treasury secretary nominee shows his financial incompetence and support for radical deregulation, leaving little hope that he will reign in Wall Str...
Jan 11, 2013 / Robert Scheer
Warren to AIG: You’re on Notice Warren to AIG: You’re on Notice
The new senator from Massachusetts has the savvy and guts to take on big (and ungrateful) finance.
Jan 10, 2013 / William Greider
Congressmen: E-mails Reveal Walmart CEO Was Repeatedly Informed of Bribery Scandal in 2005 Congressmen: E-mails Reveal Walmart CEO Was Repeatedly Informed of Bribery Scandal in 2005
Representatives Waxman and Cummings say the documents appear to contradict Walmart’s story about the widening scandal.
Jan 10, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
AIG Investors Break the World Record for Arrogance AIG Investors Break the World Record for Arrogance
Shareholders are suing the federal government for rescuing their company from collapse. The ever-grateful corporate board could join them.
Jan 8, 2013 / William Greider
Tentative Ruling Allows Walmart to Be Named as Defendant in Wage Theft Class Action Tentative Ruling Allows Walmart to Be Named as Defendant in Wage Theft Class Action
The ruling brings warehouse workers one step closer to holding Walmart directly responsible for alleged retaliation and wage theft.
Jan 7, 2013 / Josh Eidelson