A San Diego Starbucks—which has been in business for nearly 30 years—closed June 29 due to the company’s inability to protect employees and customers from issues regarding homelessness, according to two local officials. Located in the community of Hillcrest on the 3000 Block of Fifth Avenue, the Starbucks branch was one of the oldest in…

When Michelle Eisen told a congressional hearing last year about her experiences working as a barista at a Buffalo Starbucks, she did so without disclosing that she was also a paid activist helping organize the coffee chain’s first unionized shop. Eisen was reportedly paid nearly $50,000 by the Workers United affiliate of the Service Employees…

As Harvard and the University of North Carolina (UNC) await a landmark Supreme Court decision, expected this week, on their racial admissions policies, companies are also watching nervously, fearing that the decision could expose their race-based hiring and training programs to civil rights lawsuits. According to a Harvard Business Review 2022 survey, more than 60…

Shares of Starbucks tumbled on Friday as a union representing the coffee chain’s baristas said on Friday that over 3,500 workers at over 150 locations would walk off the job next week to protest claims that the company banned some LGBT-themed decorations at some of its cafes. The Starbucks Workers United union said in a…

An explosion ripped through city streets in northwest China; 31 are dead with seven injured. Local authorities cite a gas leak for the tragedy. But the incident is one of several gas and chemical blasts in recent years, with reports hinting that corruption and poor government supervision are to blame. Topics in this episode: 31…

A federal jury in New Jersey has awarded $25.6 million to a former Starbucks regional manager who accused the company of firing her as a racial scapegoat following the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia store. Shannon Phillips, a white woman who had worked with Starbucks for 13 years, sued the coffee chain…

A Starbucks employee filmed ranting furiously at a customer after allegedly being “misgendered” has been sacked, the coffee giant has confirmed. In a statement to The Epoch Times, Starbucks said the transgender employee’s contract had been “terminated” following an investigation into the incident, which went viral on social media. Footage of the altercation, which took…

MEXICO CITY—A man was shot to death at a Starbucks coffee shop in an upscale neighborhood of Mexico City, and police said he apparently had links to a northern Mexico drug cartel. City police said the shooting occurred Thursday inside the Plaza Carso shopping mall on the edge of the wealthy Polanco district. Photos posted…

Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak join over a thousand people in a petition against further AI training. They say AI has profound risks to humanity and that even governments should step in to stop development. We have the two most popular chatbots compete. Find out which one has better advice for influencers if TikTok is banned. Starbucks’…

Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak join over a thousand people in a petition against further AI training. They say AI has profound risks to humanity and that even governments should step in to stop development. We have the two most popular chatbots compete. Find out which one has better advice for influencers if TikTok is banned. Starbucks’…