After years of “democracy dies in the darkness,” The Washington Post now wants to play host to “riveting storytelling for all of America.” The new mission statement was previewed to some staffers by Post chief strategy officer Suzi Watford in meetings this week,

In a letter, more than 400 employees asked Jeff Bezos, the company’s owner and founder of Amazon, to meet, saying they were “deeply alarmed” by recent decisions at the paper.

The Amazon founder’s space company marked a major milestone Thursday with the first test flight of its New Glenn rocket.

Founded 25 years ago by Bezos, Blue Origin has been launching paying passengers to the edge of space since 2021, including himself. The short hops from Texas use smaller rockets named after the first American in space, Alan Shepard. New Glenn, which honors John Glenn, is five times taller.