Starbucks unveils plan to add 17,000 locations by 2030

Starbucks has announced a plan to add 17,000 new stores by the year 2030 in an effort to reach its goal of becoming the world’s biggest coffee chain. The plan would involve adding 8,000 new stores in the U.S. and 9,000 in international markets. This would reportedly bring the total number of stores in the […]Read More

Democrats fail to shield Rashida Tlaib from House censure vote

The House of Representatives passed a resolution in July of 2019 that formally condemned Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) for her controversial remarks characterizing Israel’s policies and actions as apartheid. Republican leadership in the House had hoped that the non-binding resolution would be bipartisan, but ultimately not a single Democrat voted in support of the measure […]Read More

Iowa Gov. Reynolds hits back at Trump as she throws

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds on Wednesday snubbed President Donald Trump for his suggestion to endorse Rep. Ron DeSantis in Florida’s GOP gubernatorial primary — and indirectly sided with her enthusiastic endorsement of the Florida Republican. In a statement to the Associated Press, Reynolds said, “I have consistently been one of President Trump’s earliest and most […]Read More

Amazon used an algorithm to essentially raise prices on other

The FTC reportedly alleges that Amazon used an algorithm to monitor prices on other websites, and then raise its own prices to match the highest prices it found. The practice is known as “dynamic pricing,” which is illegal if there is a collusive agreement or if Amazon had an unfair advantage over other retailers, the […]Read More

Support for Biden crumbling as unfavorable poll numbers continue to

Recent polls indicate that support for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is starting to decline. A Quinnipiac University poll from August 5th found that Biden’s favorability rating dropped to its lowest point since April. The poll also found that more Americans see Biden unfavorably than favorably, with 39 percent holding an unfavorable view compared to […]Read More

China’s Digital Yuan Scores Taiwan First with Bond Offering

China’s digital yuan has scored a first in Taiwan: the island nation has become the first market to offer a bond sale using the Chinese digital currency, the Central News Agency reported Sunday. According to the report, the bond offering was made by the Taiwan Stock Exchange using the digital yuan to assist in investments […]Read More

A disgraced former Trump official wants to deport Palestinians

This is no surprise. During his tenure in the Trump administration, former White House counsel Stephen Miller was a prime architect of the president’s hardline immigration policies, including restrictions on asylum applications, efforts to limit legal immigration, an expansion of detentions, and separation of families. He is also thought to have been the main proponent […]Read More

History of voting locations, the reasons we vote in high

Voting in public schools is a relatively new phenomenon in the United States. Before the 1950s, polling locations were usually churches, town halls, or courthouses. As cities and towns grew larger, it became more and more difficult to find these facilities. In the late 1940s, civic groups, such as the League of Women Voters, began […]Read More

NFT Sales Spike to $129M in November, with Blur Leading

Analysis NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, had another record-breaking month in November. According to Nansen, an analytics platform for crypto and blockchain, total NFT sales increased from $17 million in October to $129 million in November, representing a 650% increase. Blur Network, a decentralized platform for digital collectibles, was the biggest contributor to this surge in […]Read More