Amazon warehouse workers in Chicago expressed outrage at a flyer advertising a chicken and waffles event to commemorate Juneteenth, a celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S. An… Read More
Hundreds of Seattle-area business and technology leaders formed a coalition this week to push for racial equity at their companies and in city government. The Washington Coalition of Businesses for… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is encouraging employees to cancel meetings and “take some time to reflect, learn and support each other” on Juneteenth, a day commemorating the end of slavery… Read More
Troubled by news reports about events allegedly taking place in an area of Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood in recent days, Paolo Tosolini left his home in Bellevue, Wash., on Sunday… Read More
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office says it’s seeing no evidence so far that protesters are testing positive for COVID-19 at higher rates than normal after attending protests. In an online… Read More
The snack bar is out, and the care packages are in. Tech companies are known for offering handsome office perks as a way to lure and keep talented workers. But… Read More
Amazon’s surprise reversal on selling facial recognition software to police this week helped the company earn some goodwill at a time when law enforcement technology is under a microscope. But… Read More
The Seattle Police Department said Wednesday that officers will be ordered to turn on their body-worn cameras during protests in a departure from longstanding policy. The new policy comes after… Read More
Over the past decade, U.S. tech companies have solved some of the world’s most complex challenges. But the industry remains utterly confounded when it comes to improving diversity. Less than… Read More
Amazon will ban police use of its facial recognition software for one year, in an abrupt reversal that shows how quickly the dynamics of law enforcement technology are shifting. Police… Read More
More than 250 Microsoft employees sent an email urging company leadership to take action in response to nationwide protests for racial justice over the past two weeks. The letter, obtained… Read More
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan plans to issue an executive order Monday requiring police to turn on their body cameras during public protests, a move that some demonstrators have called for… Read More
At Seattle’s Cal Anderson Park on Thursday afternoon, as the sixth day of protests against police violence stretched into the seventh, it was clear something had changed. “We got gassed,… Read More
Amazon will donate $10 million to “organizations that are working to bring about social justice and improve the lives of Black and African Americans,” the company announced Wednesday. The donation… Read More
Avi Schiffmann, the Mercer Island, Wash., high school student who gained an international following with a website he built to track the coronavirus pandemic, has launched a new site with… Read More
Public health officials for Seattle and King County today acknowledged the seriousness of the crisis sparked by last week’s killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and other confrontations across the… Read More
Demonstrators broke the windows of an Amazon Go store in downtown Seattle during a protest Friday evening over the death of George Floyd, as protests and outrage over his death… Read More
Amazon shareholders voted down all 11 independent resolutions presented at the company’s annual meeting Wednesday, including a climate change push that was supported by more than 7,600 employees. The votes… Read More
Workers at several Amazon warehouses across Europe protested for better conditions on Black Friday, though the tech giant says it’s “business as usual” at its network of European distribution centers.… Read More
The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging a warrant to search a Facebook page that organizes protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The warrant would allow police to access messages,… Read More