Operation Rollback
Jefferson Decker
How did Wal-Mart become so successful that its merciless economic model could threaten its own bottom line?
2009
2007
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Andy Stern: Savior or Sellout?
Liza Featherstone : Health Insurance
SEIU President Andy Stern heads one of the strongest unions in the country. Why is he so cozy with corporations?
2006
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The Day the Music Died
It's the end of the world as we know it: Tower Records, the last great CD emporium, is closing, victim of the iPod and MP3 revolution. As Wal-Mart and other big-box stores pick up the slack, will niche music also perish?
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Ten Reasons Why the Wal-Mart Pundits Are Wrong
John Cavanagh & Sarah Anderson
The conventional wisdom that Wal-Mart is good for American business and good for consumers just doesn't hold up under scrutiny.
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Mean or Green?
Liza Featherstone : Agriculture
Wal-Mart is serious about bringing organic food to the masses, but transportation costs and the retail giant's aggressive competitive ways could end up hurting small farms and the environment.
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Alice Walton's Fig Leaf
Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton is on a buying spree, filling her Arkansas museum with America's cultural treasures--a fig leaf that seeks to cover Wal-Mart's naked greed and exploitation.
2005
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Five Questions for Robert Greenwald
Sam Graham-Felsen : Film Reviews
What motivated director Robert Greenwald to spend a year on a documentary detailing Wal-Mart's impact on American life, culture and commerce?
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Spin Control at Wal-Mart
Liza Featherstone : Working Conditions
A hard-hitting documentary, an embarrassing leaked memo on healthcare and abandonment by customers who don't like its politics. It's getting harder these days for Wal-Mart to put on a happy public face.
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On the Wal-Mart Money Trail
Liza Featherstone : Corporate Responsibility & Accountability
As the nation's wealthiest family, the Waltons could be a force for social good. But when they choose to spend their fortune lobbying for pet projects, tax cuts and charter schools instead of providing a living wage for their workers, they are dangerous (and costly) to the nation.
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Wal-Mart to the Rescue!
Liza Featherstone : New Orleans
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.
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The Bank of Wal-Mart?
Liza Featherstone : Banks & Banking
Sounds like an episode of The Simpsons, but this is for real: The retail giant wants even more of your money.
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Wal-Mart Woos the Eggheads
If you're a scholar doing critical research on the company, why not take Wal-Mart at its word and respond to its call for papers?
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Lee Scott, Civil Rights Activist (Really!)
Liza Featherstone : Voters & Voting
Talk about surprising developments, Wal-Mart has done something good.
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Taking Heat for Sweatshops
Despite its efforts to silence whistleblowers, Wal-Mart remains under fire for abusing its workers.
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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.
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Lee Scott, What a Charmer!
At Wal-Mart's annual shareholders meeting, the company blames workers for its public relations disasters.
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