Amazon and its founder, Jeff Bezos, in many ways embody those capitalistic values that have made ours the strongest economy in the world. Bezos, as owner and publisher of the Washington Post, has kept that paper among the most prominent in the world. In Colorado, we have thousands of good-paying jobs at Amazon facilities. And as consumers, we benefit from the efficiency of their product delivery service.

Yet, while we’ve come to praise Amazon and Bezos, we also need to be honest about a darker side.