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Community Leaders in LA’s Chinatown Question if Wal-Mart Bribed City Officials
by Jorge Rivas on April 24 2012, 11:45AM
LA group questions how an 11th hour building permit for Wal-Mart made it through the building department just hours before the City Council voted to ban the retail giant from the city’s historic Chinatown.
Wal-Mart and the Supreme Court v. Women of Color
by Akiba Solomon on June 22 2011, 10:35AM
The ruling on Dukes vs. Wal-Mart is a big deal for black and brown women. Here’s how.
Topics: Akiba Solomon
Wal-Mart Gets a Free Pass For Bias From the Supreme Court
by Rinku Sen on June 21 2011, 9:57AM
The court doesn’t challenge the fact that bias exists, it just refuses to hold the company accountable, as long as the rules for bigotry are unwritten.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Rinku Sen
Is Michelle Obama’s Wal-Mart Endorsement a Healthy Idea?
by Juell Stewart on March 4 2011, 10:00AM
If she really wants to alter the food landscape, it’s not only smart but essential, writes Juell Stewart. Change starts with giving consumers good choices.
Topics: Health, How We Eat
Will A College Degree From Wal-Mart Be Worth The Price?
by Julianne Hing on June 4 2010, 1:19PM
Employees at Wal-Mart will soon be able to sign up for undergraduate classes through a partnership with the for-profit American Public University, Wal-Mart announced yesterday. It’s an innovative program, to be sure, but not without its dangers, especially when it…
Topics: Schools & Youth
The Problem With Teen Microphone Racism
by Jamilah King on April 13 2010, 2:29PM
The map above shows the ratio of grocery stores to liquor stores in East Oakland, Calif. It’s probably a map that looks similar to most Black communities in the country. And the disparities it shows are noticeably missing from…
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