Research Center: Political Influence

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Congressional Toy Safety Hearings: Where’s Wal-Mart? As Congressional hearings commence to investigate the dangerous Chinese toy recalls, the House and Senate are calling some of the industry’s largest players to testify about their roles in the process.	01/03/08
Frontline: Is Wal-Mart Good for America? This television special from PBS’s “Fronline” examines the impact Wal-Mart has on several aspects of American life.	12/19/07
Shopping for Subsidies (Good Jobs First) How Wal-Mart Uses Taxpayer Money to Finance Its Never-Ending Growth	12/19/07
Social Movements as Extra-institutional Entrepreneurs A look of how outsiders gain corporate influence through the lens of social movement theory	11/28/07
Wal-Mart and Walton Family Lobbying Billions of dollars can buy political influence	11/01/06
Issue Background Documents Background information on various issues related to Wal-Mart	11/01/06
Maryland Fair Share Health Care Legislation Examining Wal-Mart’s battle with the Maryland legislature over the Fair Share Health Care Bill	10/16/06
Handshake With Sam Research Documents Backup research documents for Wal-Mart Watch’s Handshake with Sam	10/13/06
New York City Comptroller Compliance Letter Shareholders request the New York Comptrollers Office investigate labor violations and corruption at Wal-Mart.	06/23/05
Low Prices at What Cost? Wal-Mart Watch’s 2005 Annual Report Our look at some of the most important issues surrounding Wal-Mart’s business practices.	05/23/05
Inside the Leviathan (New York Review of Books) The New York Review of Books takes a look at Wal-Mart who has “grown into a business whose dominance of the corporate world rivals GM’s in its heyday.”	12/01/04