Austin @ Large: Painting by Numbers

Design standards turn out to be (maybe) more than just skin-deep

"...facing citizens and policymakers stuck in the path of Wal-Mart go beyond land use and urban design. But the..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Holiday Wish Lists 2004, Part 2

Presents for public service

"...• HEB, Wal-Mart gift cards• Ensure nutritional drinks• Baby monitors• Blankets• New/recent..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Circling the Hearses

State funeral regulators are dancing to the undertakers' tune – and that's bad news for consumers

"...consumers are not entitled to know how much profit Wal-Mart makes on a T-shirt or how much a steak..."

Nov. 5, 2004 News Feature by Robert Bryce

I Heart Huckabees

An existential comedy, to be sure, but in the end this movie quite happily tips toward being and everythingness.

"...a losing battle against the construction crane of a Wal-Mart-like retail store, Huckabees, and its charismatic VP, Brad Stand..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Letters at 3AM

All the economic numbers point one way: Hard times are about to get harder

"...WalMart and Sears slowed sharply." Most people shop at Wal-Mart because they can't afford to shop anywhere else. If..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

Legal action seeks to undo 1996 settlement on erstwhile Wal-Mart tract

"...would ordinarily cap development at 15%. A year ago, Wal-Mart proposed building a 200,000 square foot Supercenter at the..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Dark Horses

The redistricted Centex Democrats bravely into battle go

"...helping that guy like, when I was down at Wal-Mart today or when I went by the HEB, those..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...tract at MoPac and Slaughter (formerly slated for a Wal-Mart and now in litigation); the Lowe's tract on Brodie..."

July 23, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...in the effort to thwart the development of a Wal-Mart big box over the aquifer. The owner of that..."

May 21, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...and Slaughter to Endeavor Real Estate Group for a Wal-Mart Supercenter. U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks last week rejected..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Human Rights Are Indivisible

International Human Rights Day activities in Austin strung together workers' rights, social services, and Texas' awful death penalty.

"...embroiled in a mostly environmental battle against retail giant Wal-Mart, which has prospered enormously by exploiting communities and its..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere.

"..."dead peasant" policies recently exposed at major corporations like Wal-Mart, which secretly insured lower-level employees in order to gain..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Boxed out

"...MoPac and Slaughter, the former battleground of a nixed Wal-Mart Supercenter. Since Wal-Mart's departure, the landowner has sued the..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...today, with scheduled votes on both the Blunn Creek Wal-Mart and the Lowe's settlement. See How Lowe's Can Brewster..."

Dec. 5, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Hightower Report

Monsanto goes on the attack; and giving thanks for American progressivism.

"...from Nike and others; nearly 200 towns have defeated Wal-Mart and other big-box bullies from bulldozing into their communities;..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...retail social and economic effects study ["Another Win for Wal-Mart," Nov. 14] consists of the same members of the..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Column

Naked City

The Lakeway ban, the Lowe's deal, and the aquifer size cap

"...vote effectively sealed the fate of a proposed 184,000-square-foot Wal-Mart Supercenter that would anchor a new retail development...."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Confusing Comparison

"...retail social and economic effects study ["Another Win for Wal-Mart," Nov. 14] consists of the same members of the..."

Nov. 17, 2003 Postmarks

Naked City

"...-- on first reading only -- zoning for a Wal-Mart at the head of Blunn Creek in South Austin...."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

The retailer wins a round on points: 4-3.

"...organized boycott -- similar to the one promised of Wal-Mart before it canceled its plans to build atop the..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Civics 101 for Futrell

"...I don't oppose big-box retail across the board. It's Wal-Mart that I oppose. I oppose its business practices (knowingly..."

Oct. 28, 2003 Postmarks

House of the Dead

Students are stranded on an island of zombies; viewers are stranded by the filmmakers.

"...zombies appear to be straight out of your local Wal-Mart’s Halloween aisle. It’s cheese of the purest stripe, bafflingly..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from around Austin and beyond.

"...city Zoning and Platting Commission may get to reconsider Wal-Mart's I-35/Slaughter Lane project this week, sooner than expected. Opposition..."

Sept. 19, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two

It's been two years since 9 / 11, and we're under attack.

"...at City Hall, where carpetbagging out-of-town developers such as Wal-Mart (not to single out one rapacious, labor-unfriendly retailer over..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Column by Nick Barbaro

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...don't know anyone who actually wants to see another Wal-Mart or any other windowless building constructed in Austin. Join..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Column

Shop Local

"...don’t know anyone who actually wants to see another Wal-Mart or any other windowless building constructed in Austin. Join..."

Sept. 9, 2003 Postmarks

Naked City

Slusher: Go Slow on Lowe's

"...to cut a deal with Lowe's while still holding Wal-Mart at bay in its bid to build a Supercenter..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

La Raza: Waking the Sleeping Giant?

The National Council of La Raza looks to raise the U.S. Latino profile.

"...NCLR's Washington, D.C., headquarters. "We don't do something because Wal-Mart says to." Regardless of which corporation provides how much..."

July 18, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The Council should remember the First Rule of Holes: When you're in one, stop digging.

"...developer, Endeavor Real Estate Group, hadn't sprouted an unsightly Wal-Mart on its ass, you might never have heard of..."

July 18, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines

"...Wal-Mart and Walgreens aren't related, but they do have one..."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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