"Wal-Mart: 50 Years of Gutting America's Middle Class."

Photo from the article, courtesy of the documentary, 'Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price'.

What better choice for reading on the nation's birthday? Speaking of our forefathers (note the proper spelling, Erika), is this what they fought and died for?

Wal-Mart: 50 Years of Gutting America's Middle Class

Walmart's explosive growth has gutted two key pillars of the American middle class: small businesses and well-paid manufacturing jobs

by Stacy Mitchell