Tag: Amazon
How bad public policy happens
Sometimes public policy inadvertently turns bad, but when it's based on ignorance and arrogance, policy inevitably goes bad.
Amazon’s tax avoidance has the company sheltering profits
The online retail giant has been sheltering most of its profits from the United State's tax system.
This CEO wants a key to your house
Jeff Bezos expects you to pay for the privilege of letting Amazon employees enter your home when you're not there.
The great Scamazon
Instead of giving your hard-earned dollars to Amazon this holiday season consider staying local.
Why does Amazon get corporate welfare?
Not satisfied with just taking your money, Amazon is coming after your tax dollars as well.
Land taken from freed slave’s descendants for Amazon data center?
It’s time to ask ourselves what kind of country takes property purchased by a freed slave to enrich a corporation.
Oil giants admit potential spill could have 30% chance of hitting...
The region is home to species that don’t exist anywhere else on earth.
Amazon buys out Whole Foods Market
The Brave New Future of Amazon's electronic, robotic Whole Foods Market tells us we're living in the corporatized version of "1984."
World’s richest launch $1 billion fund to fight climate change, invest...
This week, a group of top tech executives from Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and more will reportedly meet with the president-elect.
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Supreme urgency tests Trump’s claim to immunity amid election countdown
Legal experts and democracy advocates push for a swift Supreme Court decision on Trump’s immunity claims, highlighting potential consequences for presidential accountability.
Trump allies draft plans to seize control over Federal Reserve amid election campaign
Emerging reports reveal a secretive push by Trump supporters to curtail the Federal Reserve's autonomy, threatening the independence of U.S. monetary policy.
Should harming mother Earth be a crime? The case for ecocide
The destruction of nature might one day become a criminal offense adjudicated by the International Criminal Court.
Shock and awe at UT Austin as state troopers in riot gear quash student...
An aggressive show of force by Texas state troopers raises questions about the right to peaceful assembly, as students at the University of Texas at Austin face riot gear and arrests during a Gaza solidarity protest.
Are presidents above the law?
Voters are entitled to know before casting their ballots whether they are choosing a felon for president.