Analysis
Wal-Mart: outlaw at home and in China
November 14, 2003Opinion Wal-Mart is an outlaw. It is also the largest retailer in the world and the largest private employer in the world. It is financially larger than Switzerland and employs more than eight times the number...
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Capitalism is corrupting medical science
November 7, 2003Opinion Profitability for drug companies is high. Nine percent of the income of Fortune 500 drug companies went for profits in 1970, 18 percent in 2002. To keep profits up, the industry strives for “vertical integration”...
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Lying is a way of life in the Bush administration
November 7, 2003Opinion District Council 1707 has hundreds of members living and working in the area referred to as “ground zero.” Our offices are on the north side of Canal Street, the northern boundary of the area directly...
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Cuts for veterans are shameful and hypocritical
November 7, 2003Opinion I am the national president of Veterans For Peace, an organization made up of men and women veterans of all eras dedicated to the cause of world peace and social justice. I am also a...
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Hold Wal-Mart accountable
October 31, 2003Opinion All across the country Wal-Mart is cashing in on family tragedies. After Doug Sims, a Wal-Mart employee in Plainview, Texas, died of a heart attack in 1998, his wife, Jane, found out exactly what Wal-Mart...
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