Jul 18 Marriott hotels to eliminate plastic straws by 2019 By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press Marriott International plans to remove plastic straws and drink stirrers from all of its 6,500 hotels and resorts worldwide by next year. Continue reading
Jul 15 Disability rights groups voice issues with Starbucks’ plastic straw ban as company responds By Molly Enking After Starbucks announced on July 9 it would phase out plastic straws from its stores by 2020, disability rights activists were concerned the policy would exclude some people with disabilities. Continue reading
Jul 09 Starbucks, citing ocean threat, plans to ditch plastic straws By Associated Press Starbucks will eliminate plastic straws from all of its locations within two years, citing the environmental threat to oceans. Continue reading
Jun 12 Seattle repeals homeless-aid tax after Amazon objects By Phuong Lee, Associated Press The quick surrender showed the power of Amazon to help rally opposition and aggressively push back on taxes at all levels of government, even in its affluent home city where the income gap is ever widening and lower-income workers are… Continue reading
Jun 04 Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz to step down By Associated Press Starbucks Corp. says Howard Schultz is stepping down as executive chairman this month of the coffee chain he joined more than 30 years ago. Continue reading
May 29 Watch 9:35 Our everyday assumptions can hurt others. Here’s what it takes to change your thinking More than 8,000 Starbucks stores closed down Tuesday so that more than 180,000 employees could get anti-bias training aimed at reducing discrimination and unconscious stereotypes. How much can education help us overcome implicit bias? Yamiche Alcindor reports and Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
May 29 Starbucks closed more than 8,000 stores for an afternoon of bias training. Will it work? By Michael Rios After the arrest of two men in a Philadelphia store last month, here’s what we know about Starbucks' strategy -- and whether unconscious bias trainings are effective. Continue reading
May 28 Starbucks training a first step in facing bias, experts say By Terry Tang, Associated Press Starbucks, trying to put to rest an outcry over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores, is closing more than 8,000 stores for an afternoon of anti-bias training, a strategy some believe can keep racism at… Continue reading
May 11 Starbucks changes bathroom policy following racial firestorm By Associated Press Starbucks has adopted an open-bathroom policy following the arrest last month of two African American men at a coffee shop in Philadelphia. Continue reading
May 02 Black men arrested at Starbucks settle for $200K program By Errin Haines, Associated Press Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything have settled with the city for a symbolic $1 each and a promise from officials to set up a $200,000 program for young entrepreneurs. Continue reading