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How Starbucks Became a Cautionary Tale

Sloppy, sleazy union busting destroyed an iconic American brand. Can the company change course?

My story shows what many already know: you can “do everything right” and still end up in financial uncertainty.

Yet towards the end of their lives, they’re left rationing their toothpaste or scrimping pennies for the vending machine.

The war claimed more than lives and treasure — it claimed a future’s worth of lost opportunities. Now, younger generations are demanding them back.

For 20 years, the Department of Homeland Security has made life a nightmare for millions — but Dreamers like me have seen that there’s another way.

The president’s plan for jobs, families, and health reflects the things most of us value. But it should spend more on those and less on the Pentagon.

The freedom to say, read, teach, and do only what the governor approves.

Instead of fixing their image by legislating responsibly, some state lawmakers say a dress code will suffice — for women, of course.

There’s no need to cut Social Security. If the wealthy simply paid the same tax the rest of us do, we could even expand benefits.

Rather than offering wages attractive to adults, employers want lawmakers to push teens into some of the most dangerous jobs in the country.