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Fired from Dollar General for Speaking Out About Unsafe Conditions

A conversation with Daniel Stone, a former employee of Dollar General in Nashville

Maximillian Alvarez

A woman walks by a Dollar General store on December 11, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Maximillian Alvarez is a writer and editor based in Baltimore and the host of Working People, ​“a podcast by, for, and about the working class today.” His work has been featured in venues like In These Times, The Nation, The Baffler, Current Affairs, and The New Republic.

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