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Prosecutor pursuing 'all black people should leave Wal-Mart' remark
11:23 AM on 03/19/2010
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - A racial comment made over the public-address system at a Wal-Mart store in southern New Jersey is being investigated as a possible bias crime...
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'All black people' asked to leave Wal-Mart
5:34 PM on 03/17/2010
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - On Sunday evening at the store, a male voice calmly announced: "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now."...
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Wal-Mart sells black Barbies at half the price of white ones
2:29 PM on 03/11/2010
Never let it be said that Wal-Mart doesn't know how to pander for a fast buck. The megachain acknowledged today that it's selling ethnic Barbie dolls for about half of what it charges for Caucasian Barbies...
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Colorado Africans forced out of Wal-Mart jobs, claim discrimination
9:51 AM on 02/09/2010
From The NY Times - "I don't like some of the faces I see here." African Muslim employees claim Wal-Mart managers forced them out of work illegally...
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Buyers beware of Black Friday
8:21 AM on 11/27/2009
OPINION - I will never understand the point of lining up in front of a store in the wee hours of the morning just to get $5 off a sweater I didn't really need...
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Why we should spend on Black Friday
7:53 AM on 11/27/2009
OPINION - Black Friday kicks off the holiday season, but there is also a movement afoot to counteract what Black Friday critics charge is mindless consumerism...
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Setting the record straight with Heather Ellis
8:30 AM on 11/23/2009
OPINION - This week, for the first time, I had the chance to speak with Heather Ellis...
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Jury selection for Heather Ellis continues
10:50 AM on 11/19/2009
VIDEO - Trial for the woman at the center of a controversy that started when she allegedly cut in line at a Missouri Walmart began with jury selection Wednesday...
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Heather Ellis case one in a long line of Missouri's racial injustices
8:07 AM on 11/18/2009
OPINION - The Heather Ellis case snaps into focus broad, systemic and longstanding problems with discriminatory policing and prosecutions across the state of Missouri...
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Wal-Mart arrest leads to charges of racism
8:53 AM on 11/16/2009
Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store, the schoolteacher faces a trial that could send her to prison for 15 years...
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Where is the outrage and action for Heather Ellis?
8:04 AM on 11/16/2009
OPINION - In the lead up to the rally for Heather Ellis today in Kennett, Missouri, I've heard shocking stories about legal dealings behind the scenes...
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Why we will march for Heather Ellis
8:54 AM on 10/26/2009
OPINION - The greater concern is that Heather's dilemma is not the root of the problem - it is merely a symptom...
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Heather Ellis' story tells us why the justice system is broken
8:00 AM on 10/20/2009
OPINION - Heather Ellis' case is only a symptom of a larger, equally problematic issue.
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Black workers get $21.4M Kodak settlement
2:06 PM on 07/15/2009
Eastman Kodak Co. has agreed to pay $21.4 million to settle legal action brought by black workers who claim the photography products maker paid and promoted them less than their white co-workers.
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Black truck drivers get $17.5M Wal-Mart settlement
10:30 AM on 07/09/2009
A federal judge has given final approval to a $17.5 million settlement reached after black truck drivers sued retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. U.S. District Judge Bill Wilson Jr. on Wednesday signed an order approving the settlement in the class-action case.
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Wal-Mart to hire thousands and commits to diversity (video)
3:08 PM on 06/05/2009
Wal-Mart plans to open roughly 150 stores around the country. Officials with the world's largest retailer are taking steps to broaden the scope of their work force. During their annual meeting in Arkansas, the vice chairman of Wal-Mart promised shareholders the company will take steps to add more diversity to...
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