Change Wal-Mart, change America.

In August, WakeUp WalMart.com drove around the country on a "Change Wal-Mart

Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , Change America America [for Amerigo Vespucci], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the first known cartographic use of the name. " bus tour. The tour went to nineteen states and thirty-five cities to call attention to the company's social and economic effects.

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Title Annotation:	On the Line
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Article Type:	Brief article
Date:	Oct 1, 2006
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