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Starbucks, Citing Ocean Threat, is Ditching Plastic Straws

Starbucks is getting rid of plastic straws at its locations around the world, offering a...

Did Starbucks Announce ‘Patrons of Color’ Can Go to the Head of the Line?

A spoof of the Starbucks race controversy and anti-bias training featured an apocryphal quote from...

Did a Sign for Starbucks Racial Bias Training Single Out White People?

A sign informing Starbucks customers that stores would be closed in order to "educate white...

Is Starbucks Installing ‘Shatter-Proof Windows’?

An image circulating online falsely promised "free coffee for a year" to anyone who could...

Men Arrested at Starbucks Say They Feared for Their Lives

Rashon Nelson initially brushed it off when the Starbucks manager told him he couldn't use...

Starbucks Incident Highlights Perils of Shopping While Black

Five decades after the end of legal segregation, to be black in America is to...

Is Starbucks Offering Coupons for Black Customers Only?

A Starbucks coupon for customers of "African-American heritage" only was a piece of divisive propaganda...

Starbucks to Close Stores for an Afternoon for Bias Training

Starbucks, trying to tamp down a racially charged uproar over the arrest of two black...

Starbucks CEO Hopes to Meet with Men Arrested in Philly Shop

The CEO of Starbucks arrived in Philadelphia hoping to meet with two black men who...

Protesters at Starbucks Chant Company Is ‘Anti-Black’

About two dozen chanting protesters took over a Philadelphia Starbucks after two black men were...

Were Two Black Men Arrested for Waiting at a Starbucks?

Philadelphia police are investigating an incident captured in a viral Facebook video.

Starbucks Gives Workers Raises, Stock Grants Due to Tax Law

Starbucks is giving its U.S. workers pay raises and stock bonuses in 2018, citing recent...