{"article":{"__typename":"BlogArticle","id":"BlogArticle:259543","title":"'Thinking About Burning the Walmart Down'","seoTitle":"'Thinking About Burning the Walmart Down'","slug":"thinking-about-burning-the-walmart-down","preview":null,"datePublished":"2012-07-08T15:01:41Z","primaryCategory":{"slug":"national","__typename":"Channel","displayName":"U.S.","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/national/"},"editorialProject":null,"reviews":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:692","displayName":"Jeffrey Goldberg","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/jeffrey-goldberg/","biography":{"default":"Jeffrey Goldberg is the editor in chief of The Atlantic and a recipient of the National Magazine Award for Reporting. He is the author of Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[{"platform":"TWITTER","url":"https://twitter.com/JeffreyGoldberg","__typename":"SocialMedia"},{"platform":"FACEBOOK","url":"https://www.facebook.com/jeffreygoldberg182","__typename":"SocialMedia"},{"platform":"EMAIL","url":"jeffrey_goldberg@theatlantic.com","__typename":"SocialMedia"}],"__typename":"Author"}],"categories":[],"content":[{"__typename":"ArticleParagraphContent","subtype":null,"idAttr":"","innerHtml":"Steve Earle comes out pungently against a Walmart in L.A.'s Chinatown:"},{"__typename":"ArticleLegacyHtml","tagName":"FIGURE","idAttr":"","className":"c-embedded-video","style":"","innerHtml":"

"}],"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/07/thinking-about-burning-the-walmart-down/259543/","dateModified":"2012-07-09T15:29:08Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"U.S.","__typename":"Channel","slug":"national"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"He hasn't started the fire...yet","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"'Thinking About Burning the Walmart Down'","editorsNote":null,"embeds":[{"type":"iframe","src":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/QHlj6UmT4cc?wmode=transparent","__typename":"Embed"}],"leadArt":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/259543/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/07/thinking-about-burning-the-walmart-down/259543/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"national","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["Steve Earle","Walmart","L.A."],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"grapeshot":{"segments":["an_apple_negative","gs_shopping_misc","neg_fx","gs_shopping","pos_alcohol","pos_chasemarriott","pos_citibank","pos_creditcard","pos_disasters","pos_diseases","pos_disney_fxfargo","pos_ey","pos_facebook_safety","pos_hermes","pos_ibm","pos_mobkoi","pos_septembereleven","an_bankofamerica_negative","an_facebook_safe","an_fidelity_safe","an_jpmc_safe","an_ms_safe","an_volvo_safe","ap_alfaromeo_safe","ap_bankofamerica_safe","ap_citi_banking_safe","ap_citi_hurricanes","ap_citi_injury","ap_citi_naacp_safe","ap_citi_sex_safe","ap_citi_transportation_safe","ap_facebook_infeed_safe","ap_facebook_safe","ap_fidelity_safe","ap_gwp","ap_jpmc_safe","ap_ms_safe","ap_netflix_israeli_safe","ap_texas_shooting_safe","ap_volvo_safe","general_safe_gv","an_bp"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

Sections

The Print Edition