Study Says Wal-Mart Raises Poverty Rates
A new report released this week by Penn State University’s Center for Economic and Community Development says that Wal-Mart stores actually “stifle” a lowering of
A new report released this week by Penn State University’s Center for Economic and Community Development says that Wal-Mart stores actually “stifle” a lowering of
Ohio was not just a critical state in the race for President, but a lesser watched vote in Hudson, Ohio was more important to local
Wal-Mart’s incursion into the Teotichuacan, Mexico historic pyramid site has raised the ire of local residents, but now they have begun an effort to locate
Voters in Talbot County, Maryland, hard by the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay, ratified an earlier vote by county officials to place a size
Home Depot helped nail the election victory for George W. Bush. The home improvement giant’s founder, Bernie Marcus, was one of the major contributors to
Residents in Hemet, California who warned about crime at Wal-Mart supercenters must have been saying “I told you so” this week when city taxpayers had
The strategies written here were produced by Sprawl-Busters in 2006 at the request of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), mainly for citizen groups that were fighting Walmart. But the tips for fighting unwanted development apply to any project—whether its fighting Dollar General, an Amazon warehouse, or a Home Depot.
Big projects, or small, these BATTLEMART TIPS will help you better understand what you are up against, and how to win your battle.