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All Things Considered

For Amazon and Alabama, Warehouse Union Vote Would Shake Up History

If workers from Amazon's warehouse near Birmingham vote to unionize in the next two months, they would turn a new page not only for the company but for the region.

KUOW Newsroom

Parler sues Amazon after the tech giant boots the app from its servers

‘Laws about social media that oversee what is allowed, or is not allowed, are really old and long predate this form of technology.’

KUOW Newsroom

Why experts say Amazon’s fund for Seattle-area affordable housing is huge, but not nearly enough

This week Amazon pledged 2 billion dollars for affordable housing. It’ll be spent around cities where Amazon has large headquarters, including the Seattle area, Arlington Virginia, and Nashville Tennessee. But experts say it’s not nearly enough to resolve the Seattle metro region's housing shortage.

Week In Review

Why our leaders are leaving Seattle, this week

Bill Radke reviews the week's news with KUOW reporter Casey Martin, New York Times technology correspondent Karen Weise and the editor at PubliCola, Erica C. Barnett.

There's Rich, And Then There's Jeff Bezos Rich: Meet The World's Centibillionaires

The Amazon CEO and four other billionaires are part of the world's most exclusive club in the midst of the pandemic: those whose fortunes exceed $100 billion.