Tag: Jeff Bezos
Bernie releases statement on Amazon minimum wage increase
“What Mr. Bezos has done today is not only enormously important for Amazon’s hundreds of thousands of employees, it could well be a shot heard around the world."
Progressive Briefing for Friday, September 14
15 groups account for nearly all dark money, Trump claim Democrats rigged hurricane death toll, Bezos commits fraction of $163B fortune to help homeless, and more.
Amazon’s worst bargain yet
The retail behemoth wants your local government's business, but there's a hidden cost to low prices: Local businesses get shut out.
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.
Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett own more wealth than...
IPS's Chuck Collins and Josh Hoxie know it is not a “natural phenomenon” how the rich got rich at the expense of the rest of the population.
Why does Amazon get corporate welfare?
Not satisfied with just taking your money, Amazon is coming after your tax dollars as well.
Now five men own almost as much wealth as half the...
American billionaires all made their money because of the research and innovation and infrastructure that make up the foundation of our modern technologies.
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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Thanks, MAGA, for exposing six corrosive myths that plague America—if we survive!
So kudos to today’s rightwing bellicosity for making clear the U.S. unilaterally wields deadly, rapacious power, whether sensible or stupid or gratuitous.
Trump administration threatens media licenses and treason charges over Iran war coverage
Critics warn FCC pressure on broadcasters and presidential threats of treason charges represent a dangerous escalation against press freedom during an active military conflict.
Neocon nightmare: Americans flee Iraq as US embassy is hit and oil ports are...
Now that the US is again involved in a major war in the region, Iraq tilts to Washington’s enemy, Iran.
Million-dollar earners stop paying into Social Security for 2026
Recent polling indicates significant public support for reform, with approximately 71 percent of voters favoring a tax increase on wealthy Americans to guarantee the program's solvency.
Big oil knew it was wrecking Louisiana’s coast, records show
Now, parish lawsuits, including one in front of the Supreme Court, could make oil giants pay to restore the state’s vanishing marshes.