Voices from the March (Wal-Mart)

By Brandon Ortiz on April 5

Willie Pelote from AFSCME has an excellent column in the California Progress Report about how "economic" incentive programs at the state and local level subsidize mega corporations like Wal-Mart, which in turn drive mom-and-pop stores -- like the one owned by Irene Gonzalez's foster parents -- out of business.