Sep 6 2019
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Welcome to the final edition of Dumb Starbucks Man, the series where we examine the very dumb things that Howard…
Sep 4 2019
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I’m caffeine-dependent—that’s right, you heard me, don’t talk to me until I’ve had my morning java! On summer…
Mar 9 2019
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In a Washington Post profile on former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s debacle with the Seattle SuperSonics…
Feb 19 2019
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Welcome to a guest edition of Dumb Starbucks Man, the series where we examine the very dumb things that Howard…
Feb 13 2019
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Welcome again to Dumb Starbucks (Man), the series where we examine the very dumb things that Howard Schultz keeps…
Feb 5 2019
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Howard Schultz is pretending to run for president. He is doing all the running for president things—going on TV,…
Jan 31 2019
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No one likes billionaires, especially billionaires who threaten to run for president and in doing so potentially…
Jan 31 2019
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Steve Schmidt, the Republican strategist turned Never Trumper TV pundit, has broken ties with MSNBC while he works…
Jan 31 2019
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It’s been less than a week since former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced that he might be running for…
Jan 30 2019
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Remember when that “Dumb Starbucks” store, an almost exact copy of a regular Starbucks, popped up in LA? And then,…
Jan 28 2019
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I’m gonna try this line the next time a barista asks me how I’m paying for my order and see how far it gets me. Read more
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Jan 27 2019
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God help us: Howard Schultz, the billionaire former CEO of Starbucks, said on Twitter today that he is seriously…
Jul 26 2018
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If you’ve worked a service or retail job, you’re likely well aware of all the little moments of work you aren’t paid…
Jun 13 2018
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When Seattle’s City Council announced plans this week to repeal its just-passed tax on major corporations—one aimed…
Jun 12 2018
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Less than a month after passing a plan to raise taxes on large companies based in the city—in order to increase…
Jun 5 2018
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I swear, Benevolent Billionaires For President season starts earlier every cycle. This year’s model is Howard…
May 29 2018
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Today, around 8,000 Starbucks locations across America are temporarily closing so that their employees can attend an…
Apr 14 2018
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Update, Sunday, 8:35 a.m.: Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson released a statement calling the arrests at a Philadelphia…
Jan 26 2018
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Since the passage of the GOP’s wildly unpopular and regressive tax bill, American companies have been coming out of…
Dec 14 2017
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College student Annie An’s recent routine visit to a Bay Area Starbucks took a nasty turn thanks to a racist white…