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We Finally Have Proof That the Internet Is Worse

October 7, 2023

A laptop in a pile of goo

The Best Thing About Amazon Was Never Going to Last

September 27, 2023

Amazon smiles in a vortex shape.

The Wonder Reader

The Journey of the American Shopper

September 2, 2023

The Garden Court at Southdale Shopping Center, Edina, Minnesota, circa 1965

America Is Drowning in Packages

July 29, 2023

A globe surrounded by packages

Surprise! You Work for Amazon.

June 28, 2023

A graphic illustration of an Amazon box sitting in a bouquet of red flowers

The Free-Returns Party Is Over

May 8, 2023

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The Death of the Smart Shopper

February 10, 2023

The Companies That Are Killing Creativity

Adam M. Lowenstein

December 6, 2022

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Reading My Own Rip-Offs

November 13, 2022

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Now Do Amazon

November 2, 2022

A black and white photo showing shelves of books.

Disaster Means ‘Without a Star’

October 30, 2022

A collage of the words "I can't stop thinking about the timeline where the asteroid misses" on a cream background with red and blue shapes

The Rise of ‘Luxury Surveillance’

October 18, 2022

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Amazon’s Dangerous New Acquisition

August 21, 2022

An illustration of a small office with a Roomba tracking everything in it, on a red background.

I’ll Make You Copies. But I Have Dreams, Too.

Alessandra Davy-Falconi

July 30, 2022

A photo-illustration of a woman handing an office file to a man.

So Much for Cutting Out the Middleman

June 9, 2022

A hologram pizza

The Amazon Union Exposes the Emptiness of ‘Woke Capital’

April 14, 2022

An illustration of a black fist breaking out of a box, against a red background

America In Person

The Resurrection of Retail

April 6, 2022

Woman sitting on a phone surrounded by online purchases.

Is Organized Labor Making a Comeback?

Steven Greenhouse

April 4, 2022

Staten Island–based Amazon union members celebrate after getting the voting results to unionize.

Ebooks Are an Abomination

September 14, 2021

An illustration of a book

People Liked Malls

August 21, 2021

Amazon Killed the Name Alexa

August 18, 2021

An illustration of an Alexa nametag being punctured by arrows tipped with computer-cursor icons

The Atlantic Daily: Joe Manchin Was Never a Mystery

David A. Graham

June 23, 2021

Red 'A' on an envelope

Cancel Amazon Prime

June 22, 2021

A small figure stands in front of a big stack of toppling boxes.

What on Earth Is Amazon Doing?

March 31, 2021

Jeff Bezos's face with streams of Twitter's bird logos shooting out of his eyes

Amazon Has Transformed the Geography of Wealth and Power

March 2021 Issue

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The Monster Publishing Merger Is About Amazon

November 25, 2020

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Amazon Is a Private Government. Congress Needs to Step Up.

August 10, 2020

White Supremacy’s Gateway to the American Mind

Ava Kofman, Moira Weigel, and Francis Tseng

April 7, 2020

White-nationalist books on a conveyer belt with Amazon package

Amazon Is Struggling to Pay Workers in Quarantine

March 26, 2020

Exclusive: Amazon Confirms First Known Coronavirus Case in an American Warehouse

March 18, 2020

Workers at an Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island

China Wants Food. Brazil Pays the Price.

Melissa Chan and Heriberto Araújo

February 15, 2020

A person stands in a burning forest.

Ruthless Quotas at Amazon Are Maiming Employees

November 25, 2019

An Amazon parking lot

Jeff Bezos’s Master Plan

November 2019 Issue

A silhouette of Jeff Bezos with sections drawn onto his brain, including "Colonize Outer Space" and "More Jeff-Bots"

Tech Companies Are Quietly Phasing Out a Major Privacy Safeguard

September 29, 2019

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The World Wants Less Tech. Amazon Gives It More.

September 26, 2019

A marketing photo of a woman wearing an Amazon Loop

Algorithms Are People

September 18, 2019

A young man stares at a markerboard covered in code