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March 3, 2023
Prem Thakker
Amazon Pauses Construction on “HQ2” After Virginia Promised $750 Million for It
Amazon announced it is halting work on its second headquarters in Arlington County.
July 1, 2022
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Julian Epp
The Increasingly Sad Tweets of Jeff Bezos
The billionaire union-buster’s quest to ape Elon Musk has been a cringey, slow-motion train wreck.
June 7, 2022
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Timothy Noah
Bezos Was Wrong, and Biden Was Right: Taxing the Wealthy Will Help Tame Inflation
A new report in The Wall Street Journal unintentionally sheds light on what economists, including Lawrence Summers, have long known: Higher taxes reduce spending.
March 4, 2022
Critical Mass
Alex Shephard
Good Riddance to Amazon’s Terrible Bookstores
Amazon is as dominant as ever—and its retail ambitions aren’t going anywhere. But booksellers can toast the end of its disastrous foray into their turf.
February 11, 2022
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Who Said It: Jeff Bezos or Michael Scott?
See how well you know your bad bosses.
July 30, 2021
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Alex Shephard
Oligarch of the Month: Richard Branson
The Virgin magnate is battling fellow billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in the race to turn outer space into a playground for the rich.
July 21, 2021
The Soapbox
Timothy Noah
Jeff Bezos, Space Marxist?
The Amazon founder revived the theory of surplus value.
July 9, 2021
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Jacob Silverman
The Billionaire Space Race Is a Tragically Wasteful Ego Contest
Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk are spending billions to go to space, using money and resources that belong to the people.
June 10, 2021
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Alex Shephard
“Populist” Conservatives Rush to the Defense of Megarich Tax Dodgers
For all the talk of the GOP’s new working-class focus, it’s as eager as ever to serve the interests of plutocrats at the expense of everyone else.
May 27, 2021
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Alex Shephard
Amazon Devours MGM in the Latest Merger of the Content Armageddon
The e-commerce giant covets the Hollywood studio’s sweet, sweet cache of intellectual property.
April 19, 2021
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Jacob Silverman
Elon Musk Wants to Move Fast and Break Space
SpaceX’s Starlink project would add thousands of satellites to a very crowded sky.
April 2, 2021
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Sarah Leonard
How Amazon Exploited a Weakened America
The immense power of Jeff Bezos’s empire reveals a country that has been falling apart for quite some time.
March 26, 2021
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Luis Feliz Leon
The Amazon Union Vote Is Ending in Bessemer. Workers Are Already Preparing for the Next Fight.
“It’s not just a hashtag for us. All things are definitely on the table.”
March 12, 2021
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Jacob Silverman
Marco Rubio’s Lazy, Bad-Faith Effort to Weaponize Amazon Workers
When everything’s a culture war, then everything’s a culture war.
February 8, 2021
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Alex Press
The Alabama Town That Could Defeat Jeff Bezos
The Amazon billionaire is trying to crush a unionization effort at a warehouse in Bessemer. But David and Goliath fights are in the town’s DNA.
February 3, 2021
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Jacob Silverman
Amazon Won’t Stop Until It’s Devoured the Economy
Jeff Bezos may be stepping down as CEO, but he and the company are more powerful than ever. Can Washington stop them?
December 14, 2020
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Rachel M. Cohen
The Desperate Last Days of Local News
From billionaire dilettantes to pension funds, profit-seeking just isn’t compatible with the media’s core democratic functions.
December 9, 2020
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Jacob Silverman
Elon Musk’s Big Government Grift
The Tesla mogul says he wants to be left alone. But he’s been living off the taxpayer’s dime for years.
December 3, 2020
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Clive Thompson
Monetizing the Final Frontier
The strange new push for space privatization
October 15, 2020
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Kate Aronoff
Jeff Bezos and the Golden Age of Climate Hypocrisy
Amazon has pledged to offset carbon emissions—while donating generously to Republicans who are bent on letting the planet burn.
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