American Dream

Willamette Week, Portland's left-wing paper, looks at criticisms levels at Starbucks, such as that it has put other coffee shops out of business or treats its workers badly, and finds it "not guilty" of most of those charges. Still, it concludes that Starbucks is "homogenizing America," which contradicts its previous conclusion that Starbucks has actually promoted a variety of other coffee businesses by educating public tastes.