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    Hourly Workers Strike, Demand Improved Safety and Pay

    Gig and full-time workers at Amazon, Instacart and Whole Foods promise to take action unless they receive the personal protection needed to carry out their “essential” work.
    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Mar 31, 2020 2:55PM EDT

    CAIR Calls for the Removal of White Supremacist Books

    The civil rights organization has put Amazon, Google, AudioBooks and Barnes & Noble on blast for not pulling racist materials from their digital shelves.

    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Dec 10, 2019 11:36AM EST
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    Activists Urge Lawmakers to End Amazon Ring Partnerships With Police

    More than 30 organizations published a joint letter that details how the app threatens civil liberties and puts people of color at disproportionate risk.

    Shani Saxon Oct 8, 2019 4:33PM EDT
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    Amazon Film Fest Wants to Give a Director of Color $25K

    The Amazon Film Festival seeks to highlight the work of artists pushed to the margins.

    Tiarra Mukherjee Apr 10, 2019 12:59PM EDT
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    Activists Demand Amazon Stop Selling White Supremacist Merchandise

    The actions come on the heels of a report released this month that says the Seattle-based company’s “inadequate and poorly enforced policies” have made the sale of these items on its website possible.

    catherine lizette gonzalez Jul 17, 2018 3:59PM EDT
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    Reject Racism Campaign Pressures Tech Giants to Skip North Carolina

    “One way Amazon and Apple can demonstrate a real commitment to espoused values of diversity is by making it clear that they won’t move their headquarters to a state that is rapidly sliding backward on racial oppression and voting rights.”

    Sameer Rao Jun 7, 2018 2:02PM EDT
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