Dan Wright

Walmart Stock Crashes After Company Pays Workers Slightly More

Walmart’s stock plummeted 10% yesterday after the company announced that higher labor costs would severely cut into profits – yet more evidence that underpaying employees is integral to Walmart’s success as a business.

Dan Wright
By Dan Wright

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. Did you need more proof that Walmart’s business model is based on screwing their workers? Well, there was an example in real time on Wednesday. Walmart’s stock plummeted 10% yesterday after the company announced that higher labor costs would severely cut into profits – yet more evidence that

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Walmart Increased Wages Only To Later Cut Hours

As Bloomberg reports today, the order has now come down from Walmart executives to store managers to cut workers’ hours to lower company costs.

Dan Wright
By Dan Wright
Marijo Beckman greeted Black Friday shoppers at a Boynton Beach,Fla. Walmar

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. Late last year, in response to a series of strikes by workers and protests by activists, Walmart agreed to raise wages so that many of the company’s workers received at least a meager $9 an hour in 2015. The wage hike reached over 1,400 Walmart stores and gave the company some much needed positive

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More Deaths Linked To General Motors Ignition Switches

Eventually, GM issued a recall order for the faulty ignition switches and roughly 2.6 million cars were recalled. But the recall order appears to have come well after GM knew about the problem, which is where the Department of Justice might come in.

Dan Wright
By Dan Wright
File: A keychain with several keys and metal charms attached. Heavy key chains could cause a defect in some General Motors' vehicles to shut off the engine, causing over 100 deaths according to the latest figures. (Morguefile)

This article was published in partnership with Shadowproof. While the Justice Department considers whether or not to charge General Motors (GM) with a crime for failing to inform drivers of defects in the company’s ignition switch, a study by a consultant hired by GM has led to a nearly ten fold increase in the number of deaths linked to the

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Coca-Cola To Stop Funding Fake Health Studies, No Word On Union Killings

CEO Muhtar Kent admitted that Coca-Cola funded scientific studies that attempted to shift blame for the growing obesity crisis off diet and onto exercise.

Dan Wright
By Dan Wright
File: A paper cup branded with the Coca-Cola logo sits on a ledge. (Flickr / Leo Hidalgo)

This article was published in partnership with Shadowproof. On August 19th, The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent wherein Kent admitted that Coca-Cola funded scientific studies that attempted to shift blame for the growing obesity crisis off diet and onto exercise. Kent said the scheme to fund questionable

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White Collar Crime Prosecutions At 20 Year Low

Not only are fewer white collar criminals being incarcerated, they are not even being prosecuted in the first place.

Dan Wright
By Dan Wright

Presented in partnership with Shadow Proof. The US justice system is notorious for its high incarceration rate and tough sentences, even for low level and non-violent offenses. The US now has more people incarcerated than were in the gulags in the Soviet Union under Stalin. Prison has become such an important and powerful concern that the term

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F-35: Trillion Dollar War Plane May Still Not Be Ready For Combat

While the Marines now officially can use the F-35 in combat, experts continue to question whether they should.

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By Dan Wright
"CF-1 flight test" (US Navy / Andy Wolfe)

This article originally appeared on Shadow Proof. While Congress debates cutting Social Security, the most expensive weapons program in history — with an estimated lifetime cost of $1.5 trillion — is making questionable progress. The US Marine Corps recently announced that, after 14 years of development, the F-35 is ready to be deployed and

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Special Investigator’s Report Details US Corruption In Afghanistan

As a result of SIGAR investigations both members of the US military and government contractors plead guilty to corruption charges. including theft, bribery, money laundering, and conspiracy to defraud the US government.

Dan Wright
By Dan Wright
A U.S. Army soldier patrols near the village of Tarok Kolache where reconstruction efforts were underway, on Friday, April 1, 2011, in the Arghandab River Valley of Afghanistan. A new report on corruption in U.S. reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan shows widespread mismanagement of millions. (Flickr / ISAF Regional Command-South / Ensign Haraz Ghanbari)

Originally published at Shadowproof. Late last month, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) issued a blistering report detailing millions of dollars of waste, fraud, and abuse in the US and coalition reconstruction effort in Afghanistan. The report, issued to Congress on July 30th, presents the results of a

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