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  • <p>A Wal-Mart in Springfield, Ill. </p>
    Head Of Walmart In China Resigns Amid Controversy
    The company said the resignation was personal, but it comes just after China arrested Walmart employees and forced it to shut down stores for allegedly mislabeling regular pork as organic.
  • Wal-Mart Faces Largest-Ever Sex-Discrimination Suit
    A federal judge rules that a sex-discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart can become a class-action suit, encompassing 1.6 million current and former female employees. Wal-Mart said it would appeal the decision. The class-action status makes the suit the largest discrimination case ever brought against a private employer in the United States. NPR's Elaine Korry reports.
  • Unionization of Wal-Mart
    NPR's Eric Westervelt reports from Las Vegas on the attempts of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), to unionize Wal-Mart's nearly one million employees. But Wal-Mart's deep pockets and extremely high employee turnover rates are big obstacles for UFCW.
  • John Combs is a "people greeter" at a Walmart in Vancouver, Wash. But he has been told that come April 25, his job is going away. And he is not alone.
    Walmart Is Eliminating Greeters. Workers With Disabilities Feel Targeted
    NPR has found that Walmart is changing the job requirements for front-door greeters in a way that appears to disproportionately affect workers with disabilities.
  • ACC Follows NCAA In Pulling Championships From North Carolina
    The Atlantic Coast Conference decided to pull many post-season tournaments out of North Carolina this season due to a controversial state law. This move follows the NCAA decision to remove college championship games out of the state.
  • Shyleana Sausedo-Day, from Portsmouth, Va., places flowers near the scene of a mass shooting at a Walmart, Wednesday in Chesapeake, Va.
    Police release the names of the victims in the Virginia Walmart shooting
    A Walmart employee opened fire in a Virginia store late Tuesday during what are normally popular pre-Thanksgiving shopping hours. It's the second high-profile mass killing in a handful of days.
  • Protesters greet Walmart shoppers
    Walmart shoppers were greeted by protesters outside the company's store on Sheridan Drive Friday morning.Members of the Coalition for Economic Justice and…
  • ACC is latest conference to expand by adding Stanford, Cal and SMU
    What does the realignment of the big NCAA conferences tell us about the future of college sports? NPR's Daniel Estrin talks to Daniel Libit, a reporter at Sportico.
  • Relatives Of Mexicans Killed In El Paso Shooting Are Suing Walmart
    Mexico is helping victims of the August mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart sue the corporation for security lapses. Mexico's foreign ministry says the suit is seeking greater security measures.
  • The H Street Wal-Mart in Washington, D.C. Ten years ago, none of Washington's 600,000 residents lived within 1 mile of a Wal-Mart. Today, almost 13 percent do.
    The Urban Neighborhood Wal-Mart: A Blessing Or A Curse?
    The nation's largest retailer is known for sprawling suburban and rural stores. Now Wal-Mart is moving into city centers — sometimes despite strong local opposition.
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