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Special Report
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Fannie, Freddie, and the Future
The secondary mortgage market worked better when it was a true public institution.
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The Greening of Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart’s new green-washed image is deflecting attention from the drag the company continues to inflict on workers’ wages and communities’ quality of life.
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How Wal-Mart Shapes the World
Will the economy follow Wal-Mart’s race to the bottom—or will social counterweights and other business models demonstrate a better way?
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Wal-Mart Tries to Go to Town
America’s mega-retailer can’t boost profits unless it gains entry to America’s largest cities. Against stiff resistance, it’s still trying.
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Which Path for Europe?
Wal-Mart couldn’t cut it in Germany. But while neighboring Scandinavia still pays retail workers well, the low-wage model is making inroads into other European countries.
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Wal-Mart’s China Connections
From production to retailing, Wal-Mart’s China operations display a dystopian collaboration between low-wage employer and autocratic state.
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Fighting Back
What the unions have learned—and what they may still need to learn—about fighting Wal-Mart’s expansion
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Wal-Mart — It’s Alive!
If Wal-Mart is a person, as the Supreme Court contends, it’s a behemoth terrorizing the countryside. But when it comes to workers’ rights, it remains curiously immune from lawsuits.
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Q&A: Revisiting Race-Neutral Politics
The sociologist and scholar William Julius Wilson revises his stance on whether Democrats should put race on the agenda.