Amazon’s Trump Administration Settlement Win Has a Big Asterisk

When government officials shut down major roads and highways in Southern California during a record storm in the winter of 2023, it seemed obvious to Johnathon Ervin that his delivery drivers should stay home. Ervin was the owner of Battle-Tested Strategies in Palmdale, one of thousands of small businesses Amazon.com Inc. has hired over the years to deliver its packages. Palmdale is on the north side of Los Angeles County, which was experiencing an unusual winter storm. Snow circled the Hollywood sign. The mountains near Palmdale received their first blizzard warning in 34 years, and other parts of the county ...