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Posted inEconomic Policy
Attacks on Lina Khan’s Ethics Reveal Copious Amounts of Projection
Before the Federal Trade Commission chair got there, the agency was brimming with conflicts of interest, including from her loudest critics.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Tech Lobbying Is Coming From Inside the House
Emails from the U.S. trade representative’s office show a cozy relationship with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.
Posted inWorking in America
Teamsters Begin Major Amazon Fight
A group of unionized delivery drivers in Palmdale, California, could open new possibilities for a legal challenge to Amazon’s subcontracting model.
Posted inWorking in America
America’s Workplace Safety Crisis
Conditions have improved from the days of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. But not by nearly enough.
Posted inTAP
The Problems With the Amazon Labor Union
Today on TAP: How the company’s refusal to bargain has empowered the ALU’s president but hurt the union
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Lie Behind Amazon’s HQ2 Sweepstakes Becomes Clear
With the company pausing construction on its ‘second headquarters’ in Virginia, we can see the HQ2 bidding war for what it was: a mass intelligence-gathering operation.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Amazon’s Endgame
The company is transitioning to become an unavoidable gatekeeper in all commerce.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Chuck Schumer Deep-Sixed the Tech Antitrust Bills
A full timeline of the bills’ failure reveals the Senate majority leader’s heavy hand.
Posted inWorking in America
Amazon Workers Are Fighting Back
Ahead of a key vote at a warehouse in Albany, union drives and walkouts show that workers are unafraid of challenging the e-commerce giant.
