Making the click-through worthwhile: What the career of Al Sharpton can tell us about the current racial controversy surrounding Starbucks, Michael Cohen’s schedule gets a little busy, and some ominous news about how the Russian government sees the world and the weapons they want to develop.
The Starbucks Controversy, and How Al Sharpton Went Mainstream
You have to wonder how the nation’s 175,000 Starbucks employees are feeling this week, knowing that on May 29, all stores will close for one day to conduct anti-bias training after two African-American men were arrested at a Philadelphia coffee shop. The manager of that store who called the cops has already been dismissed, and the CEO has apologized profusely. All of those Starbucks employees had nothing to do with the incident in Philadelphia, but they must commit acts of penance nonetheless.
Our Kyle Smith:
The leadership of Starbucks unwisely granted the mob’s premise — that ...
