Is Amazon’s HQ2 Bidding War Legal?
The special incentives that governments have offered companies like Amazon to move their operations into new states are controversial at best and illegal at worst.
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Eliminating Interpersonal Connections at the ‘Amazon Go’ Store
The e-retailer's new model of cashier-less stores has some people buzzing, but others wondering what the lack of personal contact means for the future of city life.
Is Casual Surveillance the Future of Capitalism?
Amazon Echo is always listening. Amazon Key invites companies into your home. But who exactly is surveilling whom?
How Bidding for Amazon HQ2 Could Affect LGBTQ Rights
Atlanta is pushing to be the home of the tech giant's second headquarters, but Georgia's continued efforts to pass religious freedom laws could impede that plan.
Why Cities Shouldn’t Bend Over Backwards for Corporations
A lesson for public officials courting Amazon.
A Record Surge in New Species Discovery in the Amazon
A new report finds that scientists described 381 new species of wildlife from the Amazon in peer-reviewed scientific journals between January of 2014 and December of 2015. Some, however, are already on the brink of extinction.
The Deforestation Gangs of Colombia
In the country's southeast Guaviare department, harvested wood rots on the ground while gangs and drug traffickers take over the land for illegal mining and agriculture.
The Threat Facing Isolated Indigenous Groups in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Yasuní National Park and the Tagaeri-Taromenane Intangible Zone, home to isolated indigenous groups, have become hotspots of illegal logging and hunting.
The Peruvian Amazon Has Lost Over 1 Million Hectares of Forest in the Last 15 Years
Small and medium-scale agriculture was responsible for 80 percent of the deforestation between 2001 and 2015.
Amazon, the Monopolist?
Does the government need a more robust regulatory response to the online retailer?