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, 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 with environmental and labor activists for their reactions to the company’s new initiatives, and Ken Eisen takes a look at the anti-Wal-Mart blockbuster.

Syndicated from Grist.org.

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