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Starbucks theGrio.com
August 20, 2023
A judge ordered Starbucks to pay another $2.7 million to Shannon Phillips, a former regional manager alleging she was unfairly…
Starbucks theGrio.com
June 14, 2023
An ex-Starbucks manager said the company unfairly punished her and white employees after the arrest of two Black men. A…
December 15, 2022
Kenneth Pilon left nooses in various spots and called in death threats to nine Starbucks shops over two 2020 months.
Black lives Matter thegrio.com
April 30, 2022
Hate crime charges have been filed against a Michigan man who the Department of Justice accuses of intimidating Black Lives…
April 28, 2022
Kenneth Pilon reportedly left intimidating messages around his community to prevent people from supporting Black Lives Matter protests.
Meghan Markle thegrio.com
October 31, 2021
Meghan Markle donated $25 Starbucks gift cards to employees of a U.S.-based nonprofit campaigning for greater equity in the workforce.
February 26, 2021
Finance company TIAA has tapped former JPMorgan Chase & Co executive, Thasunda Brown Duckett, to become the company’s new chief…
BLUE Scholarship Gala To Benefit Spelman College - Inside
January 27, 2021
This career move will make Rosalind Brewer the only Black woman to run a Fortune 500 company. Back in 2017,…
Mellody Hobson
December 9, 2020
Finance executive Mellody Hobson has been named by Starbucks to lead its board as chair - the first Black woman…
October 20, 2020
A Trump supporter went viral after video surfaced of her yelling anti-Black Lives Matter rhetoric at a Starbucks barista in…
June 12, 2020
After a backlash, Starbucks has changed their policy to allow for their baristas to wear Black Lives Matter messaging on…
Starbucks theGrio.com
June 11, 2020
Starbucks sent its employees an internal memo informing them that they can’t support the Black Lives Matter movement with clothing…
Starbucks sign thegrio.com
March 6, 2020
Black baristas at some of Starbucks airport locations say they are paid less than white baristas and are subjected to…
Starbucks theGrio.com
December 16, 2019
Starbucks is apologizing to two sheriff’s deputies in Riverside County, California for totally ignoring the officers as they waited to…
Starbucks theGrio.com
November 1, 2019
A white former regional manager for Starbucks, who oversaw the Philadelphia store where two Black men were arrested last year,…
starbucks thegrio.com
July 8, 2019
Starbucks is in embroiled in yet another discrimination claim, but this time it’s six Arizona police officers who are crying…
Fenty Beauty
June 9, 2019
This past week, Sephora closed down each of its 400+ stores for a day of diversity training. Could the training…
starbucks thegrio.com
May 9, 2019
A Black customer plans to file a lawsuit against a Starbucks in Brandon, Fla. after claiming an employee racially profiled…
October 20, 2018
A Southern California school principal is apologizing for sending parents an email about a Black man who allegedly followed a…
racism thegrio.com
October 18, 2018
An elementary school principal in California is learning a painful lesson after sending an email to parents at a predominately…