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  1. voting rights
    Corporate America Is Suddenly Concerned About Georgia’s Voter-Suppression LawVoting-rights activists are making it clear companies can’t sit on the fence without repercussions.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. shortages
    Tab Shortage Sparks Nationwide Diet-Soda Freak-outAfter the largest independent bottler of Coke products stopped canning Tab, people are losing it.
    By Nikita Richardson
  3. weed drinks
    Coke Eyes PotLike Fanta, but for getting high.
    By Chris Crowley
  4. news you can booze
    Coca-Cola Will Finally Start Adding Alcohol to Its SodaThe company will roll out its version of chuhai in Japan.
    By Clint Rainey
  5. the feeding tube
    All of the Super Bowl Food and Drink Ads, RankedIt was a big year for celebrity-endorsed junk food.
    By Clint Rainey
  6. health concerns
    America’s Top Public-Health Official Has Shady Ties to Coca-ColaShe partnered with Coke on an anti-obesity initiative that ignored soda entirely.
    By Clint Rainey
  7. twitter fails
    Coke Gets Roasted for Confusing Pittsburgh and Philadelphia on TwitterDoubtful it could’ve confused two cities with a more hostile relationship.
    By Clint Rainey
  8. stupid ideas
    People Are Now Using Coke As a Self-tanner Instead of Drinking ItSurprise: It’s probably not the best idea in the world.
    By Clint Rainey
  9. America’s President Has a Button He Pushes So a Butler Brings Him a CokeCall it Donald Trump’s addition to the 137-year-old Resolute Desk.
    By Clint Rainey
  10. it’ll rough you up
    Coca-Cola Insists It Made Coke ‘Healthy’ by Putting Fiber in ItIt boasts “five grams of indigestible dextrin.”
    By Clint Rainey
  11. gimmicks
    Coca-Cola Put Warren Buffett’s Face on Chinese Coke CansThe company went with its “best-known fan” to launch Cherry Coke in China.
    By Clint Rainey
  12. health concerns
    Nigerian Court Declares That Sprite and Fanta Are ‘Poisonous’A judge has mandated a label, warning benzoic-acid levels are too high.
    By Clint Rainey
  13. probably not
    New Coke Ads Suggest Pairing Your Soda With Sushi and Lobster“It’s an Amateur Move to Limit Coca-Cola to Fast-Food.”
    By Clint Rainey
  14. video feed
    Forget Mentos — Start Mixing Your Cola With Liquid NitrogenThis is undoubtedly the most important development in food science this year.
    By Chris Crowley
  15. dumb ideas
    World One Step Closer to the Brink As Coke Introduces ‘Selfie Bottle’Who actually wants this?
    By Chris Crowley
  16. still the 80s
    You Can Blame Soda Brands for the Rise of Product Placement in EntertainmentCoke’s 1982 acquisition of Columbia Pictures inspired the soda giant to double down on product integration.
    By Kevin Lincoln and Charles Bramesco
  17. health concerns
    Coca-Cola Caught ‘Monitoring’ Its CriticsAfter funding pro-soda research, this is a bad look.
    By Clint Rainey
  18. let’s roll … back prices
    Walmart Horrifies Shoppers With 9/11-Themed Soda Display“We will never forget” is about right.
    By Clint Rainey
  19. coffee talk
    Coca-Cola Now Desperate Enough to Enter the Ready-to-Drink-Coffee MarketIts Gold Peak bottled-tea brand is “future-proofing” by adding another caffeinated beverage.
    By Clint Rainey
  20. coke business
    Police Found $56 Million Worth of Actual Coke at Coca-Cola FactoryLet the conspiracy theories begin.
    By Clint Rainey
  21. threats to smugness
    New Diet Coke Can Might Make People Think That You Deign to Drink Regular CokeHow can you be self-righteous without a silver can?
    By Susan Rinkunas
  22. reunited and it feels so good
    ‘Mean’ Joe Greene Reunites With 1980 Coke Ad KidMean Joe Greene? More like Extremely Nice Mean Joe Greene!
    By Halle Kiefer
  23. Health Concerns
    Big Soda’s New Trick Is Charging Lazy Americans More for Smaller CansThe industry actually sold less by volume last year, but profits stayed the same.
    By Clint Rainey
  24. Health Concerns
    Coca-Cola Is Still Funding Pro-Soda ‘Studies’Journalists debunked a recent report that Diet Coke helps people lose weight.
    By Clint Rainey
  25. Health Concerns
    Coca-Cola’s Sham Health-Research Group Is Officially DeadThe nonprofit is “discontinuing operations due to resource limitations.”
    By Clint Rainey
  26. Health Concerns
    Health Researchers Sent Coke Incriminating Emails“I want to help your company avoid the image of being a problem in peoples’ lives.”
    By Clint Rainey
  27. Let’s Make A Deal
    Coke and Pepsi Are Both Trying to Purchase Part of Chobani YogurtEither deal will reportedly value the company at $3 billion.
    By Clint Rainey
  28. Health Concerns
    Everyone Officially Figures Out Soda Is TerribleBig Soda is winning policy battles, but it’s losing the war with consumers.
    By Clint Rainey
  29. Health Concerns
    Coca-Cola Spent More Than $100 Million on Its Sham ‘Health Research’The company listed the scientists and groups it has funded over the past five years.
    By Clint Rainey
  30. Tax Havens
    IRS Says Coca-Cola Owes $3.3 Billion in TaxesThe company is the latest to get in trouble over foreign profits.
    By Clint Rainey
  31. Resurgence
    The Surge Soda Comeback Takes Its Next Major StepThe Amazon “exclusive” just hit store shelves.
    By Clint Rainey
  32. Health Concerns
    CEO Says Coca-Cola Will Now Tell You If It Funds Fake Studies“We are determined to get this right.”
    By Chris Crowley
  33. Health Concerns
    Coca-Cola to America: You’re Just Fat Because You Don’t ExerciseA new blockbuster report says the company has provided millions of dollars in funding for studies that downplay the role of caloric intake in weight gain.
    By Alan Sytsma
  34. mad men series finale
    Original Coca-Cola Ad Man Stopped Watching Mad Men After Season 2“I don’t care. I didn’t see it.”
    By E. Alex Jung
  35. Trigger Happy
    Coca-Cola Bought a Whole Bunch of Emoji Web AddressesThey’re going next-level happy with all these smiley faces.
    By Clint Rainey
  36. Vitamin D
    Coke Vows Its New Premium Milk Will ‘Rain Money’That’s why it’s got a horrifically sexist ad campaign.
    By Clint Rainey
  37. Sweetened Deals
    Walmart Told Customers a Fake ‘Sugar Tax’ Was Making Their Coke CostThe “tax” equaled the amount discounted by an ad.
    By Clint Rainey
  38. Resurgence
    Surge — the World’s Most Nineties Soda — Is Coming BackThe revived brand will be sold in 12-packs available only on Amazon.
    By Clint Rainey
  39. Bans
    Coca-Cola Agrees to Remove Brominated Vegetable Oil From PoweradeThe controversial ingredient can lead to early-onset puberty.
    By Clint Rainey
  40. juxtaposition of the day
    Juxtaposition of the Day: Glenn Beck EditionWeeks after apologizing for tearing the country apart, he’s back to his old tricks.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  41. The Chain Gang
    15 Food Petitions of Incredible Significance You Should Probably Sign Now“I used to treat my kids to Starbucks scones once a month, now there is nothing they like.”
    By Hugh Merwin
  42. Can’t Believe It’s Not Sugar!
    Coming Soon to America: Stevia-Sweetened Coca-Cola LifeConsumers don’t trust aspartame.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  43. Mexicoke
    Soda Tax May Signal Death Knell for Mexican CokeAnd it’s all Bloomberg’s fault.
    By Belle Cushing
  44. No Deposit No Return
    Twenty-Year-Old Can of Coke Tastes ‘Insanely Great’Next up: The Ancient Pepsi Challenge.
    By Hugh Merwin
  45. Soda Wars
    Nobody Wants to Buy SodaStreamPepsi and Coke aren’t interested.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  46. 4-Mel
    Pepsi Unhelpfully Still Filled With Pesky CarcinogenThe news is particularly bad for those who drink 1,000 cans of soda a day (or more).
    By Hugh Merwin
  47. The Fakeness
    Pizza Drones and Hands-Free Whopper Holders: How Fast-Food Giants Make Big MoneyIt’s incredibly cheap and extremely effective for soda companies and fast-food giants to market products that are never actually made.
    By Hugh Merwin
  48. Video Feed
    Coca-Cola Introduces Dazzling Bottle Made Entirely of IceIt’s getting the opposite of a chilly reception.
    By Hugh Merwin
  49. New Soda Wars
    PepsiCo Denies $2 Billion Offer to Buy SodaStreamA report indicates the two soft-drink giants have been meeting with the seltzer upstart.
    By Hugh Merwin
  50. Marketing Gimmicks
    Can Coca-Cola Repair Indian-Pakistani Relations?Forget about Kashmir and grab a Coke!
    By Alan Sytsma
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