As Walmart shareholders continue to gorge on the mega-retailer’s stock, up 12 percent from the beginning of this year, the empire is experiencing a summer of discontent as a growing number of low-wage Walmart workers continue to fight a labor war that’s winning small yet significant victories.
It is becoming more likely that Americans will one day cast their votes in national elections with just the click of a mouse. What the American public doesn’t know is that sitting at the controls of Internet voting technology is a group of private corporations whose board members and CEOs once worked for the US intelligence community.
Walmart employees are striking and protesting for the first time under an organized effort, and have called for a nationwide protest and walk-out this coming Black Friday.
Just how serious is the GOP threat of suppressing Democratic voters, or even flat-out rigging the elections?
With the US presidential election in sight, the outsourcing of American jobs overseas has become one of the hottest campaign issues. Both leading candidates are calling on corporate America to bring jobs back to US shores even though the outlook for more jobs to go overseas is as bleak as ever.
John Lasker is a freelance journalist from Columbus, Ohio.
Below are the collected articles Lasker has written for Toward Freedom.
US Foreign Trade Zones: Connecting Labor Exploitation in a Global Race to the Bottom
Critics Cast Doubt on Success of Efforts to Source Conflict-Free Minerals from Congo
Walmart Workers’ Movement Gains Momentum as Black Friday Looms
A Female Veteran Fights the Forever War: Prescription Drugs, PTSD and Addiction Space Weapons in a Small Town Near You? The Race to Militarize Space
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