Walmart profits jumped to $15 billion in 2023.
Did it substantially increase wages or lower prices? No.
It spent $9B on dividends and buybacks — with most of the benefits going to the children of Walmart's founder, who together own 46% of the company's stock.
Textbook greed.
Noah Bush, 8 years old, was found drowned in Jesup, Georgia in May 2024. He went out to play with neighborhood kids & never came home. After finding his body in a small body of water the sheriff’s office immediately announced it was accidental & for two months they did nothing.
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A brother in Taylor, Mississippi dismembered body was found on private property owned by Esau. Rasheem Carter, 25 years old.
The police said that there was no foul play surrounding his death.
Prior to him coming up missing and being found dead, he called his Mom and told her th
Tennessee is attempting to use eminent domain to take land that has been in Black families for generations so Ford can build electric vehicles. The families just want a fair deal.
"They want your land, but they don’t want you to participate in the wealth"
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Fascist Gov. Ron DeSantis abused his power & replaced New College’s board of trustees with extreme MAGA lapdogs. They then fired the President & hired one of DeSantis’ friends. Now he has a contract worth $796K A YEAR and 15 MILLION from the state to make the school conservative.
A 77-yr-old has lived in the same Brooklyn building for over 20 years
He says a neighbor & his landlord want to push him out with loud music, inviting squatters inside & pouring liquid through the ceiling
Why? His $450/month rent-stabilized apartment
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Average Weekly Wages
1973: $873
2022: $813
Median Home
1973: $30,200
2022: $433,100
Monthly Rent
1973: $108
2022: $2,002
Tuition and Fees at University of California
1973: $150
2022: $13,104
Boomer: But why can't the slackers pay for college & pay off their loans like we did?