After refusing to do so for weeks, prosecutors released the surveillance video showing the police shooting and killing John Crawford III in an Ohio Walmart, just in time for the police officers involved to avoid a criminal indictment for the shooting. On August 5, the 23 ...read more
Over the past several days, the August 5 shooting of John Crawford III by police at a Beavercreek, Ohio Walmart has gotten stepped-up attention on MSNBC due to new developments in the case, but incredibly Fox News was actually the first cable news network to cover it. The 23 ...read more
Props to Slate for their latest video, which asks "If Walmart Paid Its Employees A Living Wage, How Much Would Prices Go Up?" and which knows that even infographics are more fun when they're animated. Some highlights: - 15% of Walmart employees in Ohio use food stamps. - ...read more
I missed out on the mayhem of Black Friday. I worked. I didn’t have to but I couldn’t pass up time and a half. Financial necessity takes precedence especially when it only comes around once a year since my company considers Thanksgiving, and the day after, Black Friday, ...read more
It's one of those rare moments when I'm proud to be an American: Contrary to projections that people would stampede any stores open on Thanksgiving, 9 out of 10 respondents to a University of Connecticut poll taken earlier this week said they would not shop on Thanksgiving Day. ...read more
Let’s say you work at Walmart (I know I know, but just go with me on this one). You most likely make somewhere in the area of $25,000 a year. Everyday, your life is a manifested version of People of Walmart. You’re forced to read articles about how Costco employees make an ...read more
Good morning Banter peeps, bringing you our hand picked selection of what is happening in our weird and wonderful world this Thursday morning: 1. Barnes and Nobles is F**ked The CEO of Barnes & Noble,William Lynch, resigned this week after failing to save the declining ...read more
By Ben Cohen: The Daily Beast's Megan McArdle is not a very good economist - or writer for that matter. Despite her impressive resume (she was a senior editor at the Atlantic and a writer for the Economist), if you try to draw logical conclusions from her confusing articles, ...read more
Occupy Wall St kicks off a new series of protests. From OccupyWallSt.org: 5:40PM EST: via @F29PDX: "Here's what's happening now: March in Las Vegas; direct action in Rockland, MA; march in Norfolk, VA; Rally in Gainesville, FL, rally and march in Phoenix, AZ; Rally in ...read more
