Could Howard Schultz play spoiler? It's happened before Kim Malcolm talks with University of Washington history professor Margaret O'Mara about the historical impact of independent and third party candidates on presidential elections. Kim Malcolm
What Starbucks' history tells us about Howard Schultz's possible 2020 run Bill Radke speaks to Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn who has studied the coffee giant and its leader for the past two decades. Bill Radke
Starbucks Moves To Block Porn From Free Wi-Fi Networks Patrons have always been banned in theory from viewing pornographic content over the company's Wi-Fi, but there was no technological filter in place. Starbucks will have one in 2019. Vanessa Romo
What are the real tradeoffs of the straw ban? Seattle's straw ban has coincided with hometown coffee chain Starbucks' decision to phase out all single-use plastic straws by 2020. The new sippy cup... Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
Starbucks will close stores for racial-bias training. Is it enough? Starbucks will close 8,000 stores late next month so employees can attend an afternoon-long training about racial bias. That follows an incident in... Joshua McNichols
A man shouts racial slurs in a Seattle Starbucks. The silence is deafening So my colleague and I were catching up after not seeing each other for a while. She’s just accepted a new position as an administrator at the community... Dr. Bob Hughes
100% renewable energy plans soon available to businesses, governments Puget Sound Energy is launching a program that will bring a new wind farm to the state. PSE’s new Green Direct program is set up as an alternative way... Paige Browning
The great Starbucks tent revival, er, shareholder meeting The scene at Seattle’s McCaw Hall had the feel of a tent revival meeting. There was gospel music. "Lord, please let me go ... take me to the river, I... David Hyde
What The Starbucks' Race Campaign Says About Corporate Activism KUOW's Marcie Sillman talks with Nancy Koehn, a historian at Harvard Business School, about why more big businesses will have to take stands on... Jason Pagano
Is A Dedicated Tablet Reader Passe? Marcie Sillman talks with Geekwire co-founder Todd Bishop about the latest tech news, including tablets, smartwatches and a new app on the market for... Hannah Burn