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Howard Schultz
just asking questions
Oct. 26, 2019
‘Trump’s Lying Has Ruptured the Space-Time Continuum’: Steve Schmidt on 2020 Former GOP operative and current MSNBC pundit Steve Schmidt is nervous: “I think in America a sociopath will beat a socialist seven days a week.”
By James D. Walsh
vision 2020
Sept. 11, 2019
How Swing Voters Are Thinking About 2020 For many swing voters, the choice isn’t between major parties, but between voting and staying home. Convincing them voting matters could be crucial.
By Ed Kilgore
decision 2020
Sept. 6, 2019
By Nikita Richardson
Howard Schultz Has Slowed Down His Pre-Campaign Press Tour The former Starbucks CEO has been very quiet the last few weeks, suggesting his presidential ambitions may be fading.
By Matt Stieb
vision 2020
Apr. 16, 2019
Bernie Sanders Is the Howard Schultz of the Left There’s one independent 2020 candidate trying to unite red and blue America around bipartisan, common sense solutions. And it isn’t the coffee man.
By Eric Levitz
independents
Mar. 15, 2019
There Aren’t Many True Independents, and They Aren’t Into Politics Most self-identified independents lean heavily toward one party. Howard Schultz and others banking on some silent centrist force should take note.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Mar. 15, 2019
Howard Schultz and His Team Think the Backlash Means They’re ‘Onto Something’ Schultz has been ridiculed on the left, and his own polls show that he could help reelect Trump. But his team thinks he’s struck an important nerve.
By Gabriel Debenedetti
past is prologue
Feb. 21, 2019
If Ross Perot Couldn’t Win the Presidency, There’s No Hope for Howard Schultz Perot didn’t win a single state in 1992 — or cost Bush reelection. Schultz isn’t as well known, and there’s less of a rationale for his candidacy.
By Ed Kilgore
howard schultz
Feb. 19, 2019
Howard Schultz’s Deficit of Honesty Howard Schultz says he doesn’t “see color.” That doesn’t tell us much about him, but it does tell us something about racism in America.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
vision 2020
Feb. 13, 2019
Howard Schultz 2020: What If a Moderate Democrat But Vaguer? At a CNN town hall, Schultz revealed that his issue positions are all either restatements of Democratic orthodoxy, or bursts of Trumpian hot air.
By Eric Levitz
the national interest
Feb. 4, 2019
Howard Schultz’s Own Polling Finds His Campaign Would Reelect Trump Also everybody hates him. Other than that, the campaign is going great.
By Jonathan Chait
Please, Don’t Ask Your Barista About Howard Schultz Starbucks employees were given instructions on how to calmly answer customers who are angry about the billionaire’s potential 2020 run.
By Opheli Garcia Lawler
the national interest
Jan. 30, 2019
Political Moderation Needs to Be Saved From the Madness of Howard Schultz An egomaniacal billionaire is the opposite of everything good about moderate thinking.
By Jonathan Chait
howard schultz
Jan. 30, 2019
Howard Schultz’s Austerity Rhetoric Is a Bad Omen for Black America Howard Schultz’s time at Starbucks was marked by his support for racial equality. But black Americans would suffer from the austerity he preaches.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
the top line
Jan. 30, 2019
Howard Schultz Should Stay in Business, Which He Is Good At If Schultz wants to keep making a positive difference in America, he should ask himself what big problems he is best suited to address.
By Josh Barro
howard schultz
Jan. 29, 2019
Howard Schultz Wants a President Who Will Tell Billionaires Their Favorite Lies The mogul is sick of the left’s impossible promises. Which is why he’s promising that we can reduce inequality without raising taxes on the rich.
By Eric Levitz
howard schultz
Jan. 29, 2019
Even Trump May Think That Howard Schultz Is Good for His Reelection On Monday, Trump reportedly said that a Howard Schultz candidacy would be good for his 2020 chances, as hecklers jabbed at the former Starbucks CEO.
By Matt Stieb
the national interest
Jan. 28, 2019
By Jonathan Chait
Howard Schultz ‘Seriously Considering’ Running For President The former Starbucks CEO wants to bring Frappuccinomics to the White House.
By Chris Crowley
the chain gang
June 4, 2018
Howard Schultz Is Leaving Starbucks — and Remaining Coy About Politics “I intend to think about a range of options, and that could include public service.”
By Hugh Merwin
the chain gang
May 31, 2017
Howard Schultz Told Starbucks Workers Trump Is Creating Economic ‘Chaos’ In a leaked video, he says the president is “no doubt affecting consumer behavior.”
By Clint Rainey
food politics
Feb. 2, 2017
Veterans Tell Conservatives to Quit Claiming Starbucks Hates the Military They want to officially correct “inaccurate statements” about the chain’s commitment to military.
By Clint Rainey
food politics
Jan. 30, 2017
Starbucks Promises to Hire 10,000 Refugees in Response to Trump’s Muslim Ban The company also says it will donate 4 million trees to Mexican coffee farmers.
By Chris Crowley
the chain gang
Jan. 10, 2017
By Clint Rainey
words of wisdom
Dec. 7, 2016
By Josh Grossberg
the chain gang
Dec. 1, 2016
Howard Schultz Will Step Down As CEO of Starbucks He will instead focus on the company’s fancier Reserve line and “social impact initiatives.”
By Chris Crowley
problem solving
Nov. 7, 2016
Starbucks Demands Baristas Be the ‘Promise of America’ in These Dark Times CEO Howard Schultz wants them to rise above the “lack of political role models.”
By Clint Rainey
i’m with her
Sept. 7, 2016
Starbucks CEO Endorses Hillary Clinton Despite her position against the Pumpkin Spice Latte.
By Sierra Tishgart
The Chain Gang
Mar. 9, 2016
By Clint Rainey
Empire Building
Feb. 29, 2016
By Clint Rainey
Starbucks’ CEO Asked Baristas to Be ‘Sensitive’ to Howard Schultz didn’t want people to #FreakOutTogether over Wall Street’s chaos.
By Clint Rainey
the national interest
Aug. 6, 2015
Howard Schultz Forced to Tamp Down Schultz-for-President Fever The Starbucks CEO has heard our pleas to join the campaign, and he has cruelly forsaken them.
By Jonathan Chait
The Chain Gang
Feb. 27, 2015
Starbucks Is Launching Its Own Media Company The goal is to talk about “issues that matter to our nation.”
By Clint Rainey
The Chain Gang
Jan. 9, 2015
Starbucks’ Second in Command Will Take Mysterious ‘Unpaid To give his wife and kids his “dedicated time and attention.”
By Clint Rainey
The Chain Gang
Aug. 11, 2014
Starbucks Reiterates That It Does Not Provide Financial Support to Israel The coffee giant says its “absolutely untrue” that CEO Howard Schultz gives Israel any of its profits.
By Clint Rainey
The Chain Gang
Mar. 21, 2014
5 Reasons Starbucks’s Plan to Serve Booze Could End in Failure Is chocolate fondue and a nice glass of Pinot Grigio the future of coffee?
By Hugh Merwin
The Chain Gang
Mar. 20, 2014
Starbucks Rolling Out Dinnertime Beer and Wine Menus Nationwide Just don’t expect to have Riesling with your parmesan chicken skewers in New York — at least right away.
By Hugh Merwin
The Chain Gang
Sept. 18, 2013
Starbucks CEO No-Gun Request Probably Won’t Change Anything Howard Schultz writes an open letter requesting that customers leave firearms out of Starbucks.
By Belle Cushing
Starbucks Doesn’t Want Guns in Coffee Shops Starbucks’ CEO is asking everyone to stop walking around with guns at Starbucks.
By Dan Amira
Quote of the Day
Mar. 22, 2013
By Hugh Merwin
Frank Rich on the National Circus: The Fiscal Cliff Was a Molehill The standoff is over but the ideological war will get much bloodier.
By Frank Rich
open letters
Dec. 26, 2012
By Dan Amira
bonus season
Mar. 18, 2011
By Nitasha Tiku
Shake Shack Could Go National; Mezcal on the Rise Plus: Sandra Lee talks about her past, and Paul Liebrandt loves New York, all in our morning news roundup.
By Leila Cohan-Miccio
Slim Pickings for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is slightly less rich this year.
By Daniel Maurer
Manipulated Milk Prices?; Americans Still Throwing Food Away Plus: Mesa Grill’s role in a forthcoming mystery novel, what Michael Huynh is up to, where Kid Rock eats barbecue, and more in our morning roundup of food news and gossip.