You wouldn’t know it from watching Queen Latifah’s cheery new ads, but “Wal-Mart is awash in bitter controversy”: these days—even more than usual. A new documentary, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, [1] bashing the giganto discount chain is barnstorming the nation and getting people all riled up about the corporation’s alleged sins against people and the planet.

And even Wal-Mart’s recent announcement of some specific and ambitious environmental goals isn’t appeasing all green critics. Today, Liza Featherstone checks in [2] with environmental and labor activists for their reactions to the company’s new initiatives, and Ken Eisen takes a look [3] at the anti-Wal-Mart blockbuster.

Syndicated from Grist.org [4].

Photo credit: Wal-Mart, www.grist.org