How to Curb Corporate Power How to Curb Corporate Power
As corporations consolidate, they grab power from the public. Here are seven modest proposals to give power back to the public and avoid another Enron.
Sep 22, 2005 / Feature / Ralph Nader
Wal-Mart to the Rescue! Wal-Mart to the Rescue!
For once, Wal-Mart is acting like a hero, with speedy delivery of water and supplies to Hurricane Katrina victims. If it could only act that way every day.
Sep 14, 2005 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
The Bank of Wal-Mart? The Bank of Wal-Mart?
Sounds like an episode of The Simpsons, but this is for real: The retail giant wants even more of your money.
Aug 31, 2005 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
When China Went Shopping When China Went Shopping
Like oil and water, Chinese capitalism and US politics just don't mix.
Aug 22, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
Wal-Mart Woos the Eggheads Wal-Mart Woos the Eggheads
Last year, labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein organized an academic conference on Wal-Mart at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Experts held forth on the Wal-Mart...
Aug 3, 2005 / Liza Featherstone
More than a Feeling More than a Feeling
Wal-Mart is no real friend of civil rights.
Jul 19, 2005 / Liza Featherstone
Lee Scott, Civil Rights Activist (Really!) Lee Scott, Civil Rights Activist (Really!)
Talk about surprising developments, Wal-Mart has done something good.
Jul 8, 2005 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Taking Heat for Sweatshops Taking Heat for Sweatshops
Despite its efforts to silence whistleblowers, Wal-Mart remains under fire for abusing its workers.
Jun 21, 2005 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Sins & the Citi Sins & the Citi
Where is the public's outrage over corruption in US finance and banking?
Jun 16, 2005 / William Greider
Wal-Mart’s Good (and Bad) Sides Wal-Mart’s Good (and Bad) Sides
Opposition to Wal-Mart in a community can invigorate progressive politics and expose entrenched politicians as vision-free hacks.
Jun 11, 2005 / Feature / Liza Featherstone