Tag: Amazon.com

Historic Union Victory Signals Neo-Liberal Death Spiral

As musician Bob Dylan sang in 1964, "The times they are a-changing." In January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported union membership in the United...

Amazon Employees’ Union Vote is a Watershed Moment for the Nation...

Ballot counting began Monday for 5,800 Amazon fulfillment center workers in Bessemer, Alabama attempting to unionize with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union...

GAO Study Exposes How the Wealthiest Corporations Keep America Poor

Republicans have perfected the rhetoric of blaming our economic woes on social safety nets, specifically Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

Congressional Hearings Could Lead to the End of Monopolies Again (Video)

Believe it or not, there was a time when giant corporate behemoths like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple simply would not be able to...

Whole Foods Reverses Sick Leave Policy After Blowback (Video)

One thing the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is going to demonstrate is how this country will respond to economic strain. European stock shares dropped more than 8%...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Vows To Breakup Anti-Competitive Mergers (Video)

In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt acquired the sobriquet "trust buster" after relying on the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act to break up the Northern Securities Company...

NYC Billboard Targeting AOC Is Emblematic Of Big Money In Politics...

Everyone can afford to buy advertising space on billboards in order to spread his or her political views, right? Everyone can buy political influence, right? That's...

After Public Outcry, Amazon Abandons Plan For NY Headquarters (Video)

For 14 months, internet retail giant Amazon baited North American cities with a reality-show-style contest. The winner was promised 50,000 employees and the distinction of serving as...

Forget Housing–New Yorkers Will Now Be Subsidizing Amazon (Video)

For 14 months, Amazon baited North American cities with a reality-show-style contest. The winner was promised 50,000 employees and the distinction of serving as the retail giant's...

Bernie Sanders Targets Corporate Welfare With The ‘Stop BEZOS Act’ (Video)

Conservatives love to blame our economic woes on social safety nets, specifically Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), aka...

Amazon, JP Morgan Chase, And Berkshire Hathaway Announce A Joint Venture–Healthcare...

Chances are you've recently purchased something from Amazon.com. Maybe it was books. Maybe clothes. Maybe an appliance or a tool. Maybe you streamed a movie...

Top 10 Donald Trump Gag Gifts Just In Time For The...

We are all disappointed by the election results. However, this might cheer you up. Amazon has a large selection of gag gifts featuring President-elect...

Wonkblog Wunderkind Might Walk Away From Post

MSNBC analyst and Washington Post policy writer Ezra Klein could walk away from his day job. New York Times reports Klein, who runs the...