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Medi-Pot Patient Sues Wal-Martnew
How does Wal-Mart prove that it doesn't mistreat its workers? By firing a model employee with an inoperable brain tumor after finding out he uses medi-pot, that's how.
Austin Chronicle |
Jordan Smith |
07-12-2010 |
Drugs
Tags: Wal-Mart, Medical Marijuana
Kansas City Notifies Wal-Mart That One of its Dead Stores is a Nuisancenew
Wal-Mart has abandoned hundreds of locations in the course of its aggressive expansion. Big-rig operators and others have stashed vehicles near a dead Sam's Club in Kansas City for more than a year, and city officials are finally taking notice.
The Pitch |
David Martin |
07-14-2009 |
Business & Labor
Home Sweet Parking Lotnew
When a workingman doesn't have a home in Johnson County, a Wal-Mart parking lot is the next best thing.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
09-09-2008 |
Housing & Development
Wal-Mart Money Pushes Conservative Education Ideas in Arkansasnew
For good or for ill, it's safe to say that the educational landscape in Arkansas would be drastically different today if Sam Walton hadn't been born in Bentonville.
Arkansas Times |
Jennifer Barnett Reed |
04-11-2008 |
Education
Wal-Mart Starts Selling 'Faith-based' Toysnew
Starting this week, the store becomes the first mainstream retailer to sell toys from the One2believe company, which wants to provide alternatives to "toys and dolls that promote evil, destruction, lying, and cheating."
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-17-2007 |
Business & Labor
Life Without Wal-Martnew
Kansas City advertising genius Bob Bernstein helped make Wal-Mart what it is today -- then the world's largest retailer dumped him.
The Pitch |
Eric Barton |
12-13-2006 |
Business & Labor
Super Ban Returnsnew
Inglewood votes to restrict Wal-Mart and other superstore retailers.
L.A. Alternative |
Evan George |
07-18-2006 |
Business & Labor
Targeting Wal-Martnew
While other businesses have accepted defeat by the world's largest retailer, Target is proving itself the Hannibal of discount shopping. In North Olmsted, Ohio, it's going toe-to-toe with the reigning champ.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
12-28-2005 |
Business & Labor
Hell's Bellsnew
A foot soldier in the Salvation Army describes a day of bellringing in front of Wal-Mart.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Nathan Dinsdale |
12-07-2005 |
Economy
Wide Open Spacesnew
A New York State artist’s multimedia project links communities across the country that have sought creative ways to reuse abandoned big-box buildings.
Wal-Mart's True Naturenew
For every acre paved, another will be saved.
For the first time, a mammoth corporation has pledged to conserve wildlife habitat equivalent to the acreage it develops. The surprise is that it's Wal-Mart. But is this just a sneaky scheme to divide the left?
Eugene Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
06-16-2005 |
Business & Labor
Confessions of a ‘Candyfreak’
An addicted author delves into the bittersweet world of the candy industry.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Rob Collins |
10-29-2004 |
Business & Labor
