Christian Smalls, the leader of the first union to successfully organize at Amazon in the United States, had a message for those in power on Thursday, and he delivered some… Read More
The tussle over NASA funding for lunar landing systems has touched down in the Senate — with one leading senator seeking additional funding that could go to Amazon CEO Jeff… Read More
Dave Clark is feeling the snark. The Amazon exec on Wednesday tweeted about the ongoing unionization efforts at the company’s fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala. Sen. Bernie Sanders was the… Read More
Slumping, socially distanced Bernie Sanders has made his way to Seattle. As the internet continues to exhibit its joy over life under a new U.S. president, the meme heard ’round… Read More
Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. PBS’s Frontline profiled the Amazon empire and painted a complicated picture of unrelenting ambition. Frontline spent a year examining… Read More
Inside an arena 30 miles south of Seattle — and in the backyard of Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates — Sen. Bernie Sanders told supporters what he thinks of the… Read More
Sen. Bernie Sanders and employee activists have been thorns in Amazon’s side over the past year as they repeatedly call out the company on climate change and other issues. Now… Read More
Sen. Bernie Sanders rolled out an ambitious plan Friday that would categorize internet service as a public utility as part of his 2020 presidential campaign. The proposal would provide $150… Read More
Sen. Bernie Sanders became the latest federal lawmaker to zero in on local Seattle elections Monday morning, slamming Amazon’s hometown political contributions as “out-of-control corporate greed.” Over the weekend, Sen.… Read More
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign unveiled an ambitious plan to reform corporate America on Monday. The proposal holds one company up as an example of how a lax regulatory environment… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ ownership of The Washington Post is uniting two ideologically opposed politicians frustrated with the newspaper’s media coverage of them. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders suggested on Monday… Read More
Big Tech may be in the federal government’s crosshairs but you wouldn’t know it from the Democratic debates this week. Like the first round of debates, tech rarely came up… Read More
The Amazon vs. Bernie Sanders battle continued Tuesday as the Seattle tech giant fired back again on the topic of worker treatment. Activists around the world have used this week’s… Read More
Bernie Sanders is once again criticizing Amazon’s treatment of warehouse workers, a few months after celebrating the company’s decision to increase its minimum wage to $15 an hour. The U.S.… Read More
Amazon sent a letter to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders assuring him that the company’s new $15 minimum wage and pay structure will result in increased compensation for all warehouse workers.… Read More
“We listened to our critics, thought hard about what we wanted to do, and decided we want to lead.” With those words from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the tech giant… Read More
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders escalated his attack on Amazon Wednesday, introducing the Stop BEZOS Act, a piece of legislation that would force big companies to cover the costs of federal… Read More
Today’s featured stories Tech titan Paul Allen gives $100,000 to GOP causes — and he’s not the only one Amazon briefly tops $1T market cap, joining Apple among most valuable… Read More
Today’s featured stories Amazon calls Bernie Sanders’ crusade for warehouse workers ‘inaccurate and misleading’ Seattle could greenlight 3 bikeshare services as early as next week, weighing applications from Uber, Lyft… Read More
It’s been three weeks since the presidential election and months since the primary, but many “Feel the Bern” bumper stickers and signs are still proudly displayed around Seattle. Today, Sen.… Read More
Update: Now Donald Trump has said in a statement that it’s not going to happen after all. The Hollywood Reporter has the word from Trump: “The networks want to make a… Read More
Facebook has built an interactive map for users to track the number of likes for each of the candidates for US President and which area those likes come from. To… Read More
A couple of left-leaning women trying to get men to swipe right for Bernie Sanders on Tinder found themselves locked out of the dating app according to a report from… Read More
Comcast is a “repeat offender” when it comes to over billing customers, according to six Democratic US senators, and the congressmen want the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to force the… Read More
The Iowa Caucuses are coming up on Monday, and for the first time, smartphones will play a role in calculating who wins. But it’s not a government app that party leaders… Read More
In case you missed this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live,” “Seinfeld” co-creator and “Curb Your Enthusiasm’s” Larry David dusted off his inner curmudgeon to play Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. One… Read More
Bernie Sanders played the “f**k this, I’m going home,” card last night in the nicest way possible when he gave up on live-Tweeting the Republican debate: Thank you all. I've… Read More