Stephen L. Carter, Columnist

If You Really Want to Help the Poor, Shop at Walmart

Elites and progressives may hate their presence, but having a Supercenter in town might actually lower food insecurity for children.

June 28, 2018 at 4:00 PM UTC

By Stephen L. Carter

Stephen L. Carter is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, a professor of law at Yale University and author of “Invisible: The Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster.”

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Now and then, my wife and I shop at Walmart. We’re not trying to get in the middle of a brouhaha. We go for the bargains. But as recent research reminds us, maybe there’s another reason. Maybe we should support the mammoth retailer for helping the poor.

Seriously.