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Women dominate growing sectors like retail and home healthcare—but the jobs there are grueling and the wages are low.

How the politics of the super-rich became American politics.

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Organizers have found a new approach to promoting workers’ rights at the retail giant. And it seems to be working.

Dwight Macdonald’s panic about Midcult now seems less prescient than misplaced.

Liza Featherstone on Walmart’s efforts to “empower” women, Collier Meyerson on the inconvenient truth behind Waiting for “Superman” and Henri Picciotto on censorship by the Jewish Federations of North America

Can the retailer known for its poverty wages solve the problem of urban “food deserts”?

Esther studied botany and biochemistry, and ended up serving Cokes to arms dealers in Delhi’s Hotel Shangri-La. She is a station holder, occupied and rootless. Welcome to India Shining.

A new law requires the Feds to limit “swipe fees”—sums that banks charge retailers when a customer uses a debit or credit card at their store. Will consumers benefit from this?

How droughts, the Arab Spring and the decline of nuclear power are shaping the future of global energy consumption.