Amazon, the retail giant with tentacles in cloud computing, media, and more, is under fire from multiple fronts. Two whistleblowers—Ahmed Shahrour, a Palestinian software engineer suspended for protesting Amazon’s military contracts with Israel, and me, Helene P. de Boissiere, founder of Katrina’s Dream and a former Amazon warehouse worker terminated after filing an FTC complaint…
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September 24, 2025 Sent via email Dear Friends and Family, As the leaves turn and the fiscal year winds down, it’s hard not to wonder: Whatever happened to that big idea President Trump floated back in February about creating a U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF)? In a move that grabbed headlines worldwide, Trump signed an…
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Sent via email 21st of November, 2023 Dearest Family and Friends, As it is each and every Thanksgiving I reflect on much. For me, Thanksgiving is all the Holidays rolled into one. The Thanksgiving that transformed my life was the day my mother took me to a Salvation Army program in the Battery area of New York City…
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