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Critic’s Notebook

Documentaries of Dissent

“No Other Land” and “Union” are films that Hollywood and corporate America don’t want you to see.
Elements

The Highest Tree House in the Amazon

In 2023, conservationists and carpenters converged on Peru to build luxury accommodations in the rain-forest canopy.
The Political Scene Podcast

Will the Government Rein in Amazon?

The Federal Trade Commission is suing the company. Lina Khan, the chair of the F.T.C., tells David Remnick that Amazon exploits its position as a monopoly to invisibly drive up costs.
Currency

The F.T.C. Finally Takes On Amazon

The government has filed a long-awaited antitrust suit against the company, which controls a sweeping share of the U.S.’s online-shopping market. What will it accomplish?
Shouts & Murmurs

Welcome to BodyMind, the Meditation App for Amazon Employees

Before your mindfulness journey continues, please take a moment to absorb an ad from our sponsors.
Dispatch

Amazon’s Campaign to Derail a Second Staten Island Union Drive

Meetings with management, job improvements, and Krispy Kreme doughnuts persuaded many workers to vote no.
Shouts & Murmurs

In Lieu of Flowers, Please Send Amazon Gift Cards

Remember me as I lived—gleefully scratching off redemption codes.
Dispatch

How to Unionize at Amazon

On Staten Island, it made all the difference that the union was independent and led by workers from the warehouse, not managed by a large, outside organization.
The Political Scene Podcast

Lina Khan vs. Big Tech

The new chair of the Federal Trade Commission intends to change the way we treat monopolies.
Profiles

Lina Khan’s Battle to Rein in Big Tech

As monopolies and other large companies gain increasing control of our daily lives, Khan is Joe Biden’s pick to do something about it.
Books

Is Amazon Changing the Novel?

In the new literary landscape, readers are customers, writers are service providers, and books are expected to offer instant gratification.
Annals of Communications

The Surprisingly Big Business of Library E-books

Increasingly, books are something that libraries do not own but borrow from the corporations that do.
On and Off the Avenue

What Amazon Did to My Hair

The new Amazon Salon promises “augmented reality” and “point-and-learn technology.” But can it provide the intimacy of a good haircut?
News Desk

The Union Battle at Amazon Is Far from Over

Drives to organize steelworkers and autoworkers took decades but ultimately succeeded.
Annals of Populism

The Amazon Union Drive and the Changing Politics of Labor

For the moment, Marco Rubio and Stacey Abrams are on the same side.
Alabama Postcard

On the Overnight Shift with the Amazon Union Organizers

At around 4 A.M., two veteran union reps whipped votes outside the Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama, and swapped stories of past organizing efforts at Piggly Wigglys and a condom factory in Eufaula.
U.S. Journal

The Alabama Workers Trying to Unionize an Amazon Fulfillment Center

South of Birmingham, warehouse employees are voting on whether to form a union. Their decision could have ripple effects around the country.
U.S. Journal

A Kansas Bookshop’s Fight with Amazon Is About More Than the Price of Books

The owner of the Raven bookstore, in Lawrence, wants to tell you about all the ways that the e-commerce giant is hurting American downtowns.
A Reporter at Large

The Rise of Made-in-China Diplomacy

While political leaders trade threats, the pandemic has made Americans even more reliant on China’s manufacturers.
Q. & A.

The Whole Foods C.E.O. John Mackey’s “Conscious Capitalism”

Mackey discusses his book “Conscious Leadership,” the labor issues that arose at Whole Foods during the pandemic, his business philosophy, and running a company as part of Amazon.