November 21, 2005 -
Last week was a national week of action targeting Wal-Mart, led by the 400-member coalition Wal-Mart Watch. Thousands of events probing the worker, human rights, environmental and other problems of the Arkansas retail giant were held across the week, including screenings of Robert Greenwald's new documentary, "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price."
November 21, 2005 -
This weekend, about 100 protesters descended on the sleepy North Carolina town of Smithfield -- a place that looks sleepy, but which plays a big role in one of the more unseemly sides of U.S. foreign policy.
November 20, 2005 -
It's been almost four years since Facing South/Institute reporter Jordan Green first wrote about Halliburton's questionable no-bid defense contracts in the "War on Terror." A writer at the NY Times later admitted to me that Jordan was the first journalist
November 19, 2005 -
Are you one of those sports fans who thinks that the pros are going downhill, overtaken by overpaid, thankless brutes?
November 19, 2005 -
Cross-posted from Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch
November 18, 2005 -
A guest poster at Crooks and Liars has
November 18, 2005 -
The SouthNow blog of the Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life at UNC-Chapel Hill (whew) has been doing an excellent week of coverage on hot Southern political races to watch for 2006.