‘Thanks For Nothing!’: Times Square Billboard Blasts Ocasio-Cortez Over Amazon Deal
Virginia Kruta, Associated Editor “Thanks for nothing, AOC!” A giant digital billboard in Times Square is calling out freshman Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for her supposed role in sinking the city’s deal with Amazon. The billboard, paid for by business advocacy group the Job Creators Network, details just a few of the things New York may have lost when […]
L. Neil Smith’s The Libertarian Enterprise | What Would Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Do?
L. Neil Smith All that the left knows how to do is steal and kill and wreck what they’re incapable of building or even understanding. In the latest instance, Amazon.com, that great cornucopian Sears-Roebuck of the twenty-first century, which was going to establish a new corporate headquarters, choosing Long Island City, New York from among […]
New York City May Be On The Verge Of Losing Its Massive Deal With Amazon
Tim Pearce | Energy Reporter Amazon is reportedly rethinking its promise to build a headquarters in New York City after receiving pushback from local officials and residents, sources told The Washington Post. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, both Democrats, are pushing for the Amazon deal after being instrumental in securing […]
Riveting | ‘My Life in Freedom: The Beauty of Liberty: A Memoir’
A Journey Like No Other … In 1961, Sigrid Weidenweber fled Communist East Germany. Crossing the wall, she found the freedom she sought in the world of the West. In this engaging memoir, she describes her extraordinary journey of discovering the incredible value of liberty. Her new-found freedom enabled her to prosper, travel, and share […]
Can’t Stop the Bookstore
by Joel Schlosberg Amazon.com’s plans to establish a pay minimum of $15 an hour for all its domestic workers (Day One: The Amazon Blog, October 2) come across as the real-life version of Mr. Burns from The Simpsons turning his nuclear power plant into a community garden. The Internet sales Goliath is by far […]
Amazon Raises Wages but Cuts Other Major Perks for Hourly Employees
Evie Fordham | Politics and Health Care Reporter Amazon is trying to make itself more appealing to potential workers by increasing its minimum wage to $15 an hour but cutting incentive pay and stock awards. Some workers say they will end up making less after the raise, although Amazon says the change “more than compensates” for the reduced benefits, reported […]
1 in 3 AMAZON Employees on FOOD STAMPS in Arizona
KYLE PERISIC | Contributor Thousands of Amazon employees rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps, to feed themselves. One in three, or 1,800, Amazon employees in Arizona, one in 10 (700) in Ohio, and one in 10 in Pennsylvania, or more than 1,000, are on food stamps, Business […]
‘TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN’ Looks Like the Next Great TV Show [VIDEOS]
![‘TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN’ Looks Like the Next Great TV Show [VIDEOS]](https://www.citizensjournal.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/jack.ryan_.amazon.screenshot-160x106.jpg "‘TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN’ Looks Like the Next Great TV Show [VIDEOS]")
David Hookstead | Reporter We’re less than a week out from the start of “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” August 31, and it looks like an outstanding series from Amazon. The plot of the series, according to Amazon, is, “When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls […]
A 6-year-old Ordered $350 Worth of Toys After Mom Left Amazon Account Unattended
Gabrielle Okun | Reporter A 6-year-old girl from Utah bought herself $350 worth of board games, video games and other toys from Amazon Prime after her mom left the online account unattended. Caitlin, who was identified only by her first name, used one-click, next-day shipping to order herself all the merchandise, BuzzFeed News reported Monday. She was […]
Amazon’s Alexa is Playing Favorites with Conservatives Pundits
Virginia Kruta, Contributor Amazon’s Alexa smart speaker apparently has a favorite conservative pundit in “Daily Wire” chief Ben Shapiro. A YouTube video that featured Alexa being asked to give opinions on a number of people circulated on Wednesday, and Alexa failed to comment on any of the names listed until Shapiro was mentioned. […]
