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Former USAID Employee Launches First Light Coffee in Maryland

First Light Coffee is on the rise in Maryland, helping customers meet the dawn with freshly roasted and delivered coffees. Former USAID employee Annie Leverich founded the online coffee...

2025.08.28

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Missouri AG’s Sues Starbucks, Cites ‘More Female and Less White’ Workforce

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit against Starbucks Coffee Company last week, alleging unlawful hiring practices tied to diversity and inclusion. In one particularly coarse assertion of fact in...

2025.02.18

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Missouri AG’s Sues Starbucks, Cites ‘More Female and Less White’ Workforce

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit against Starbucks Coffee Company last week, alleging unlawful hiring practices tied to diversity and inclusion. In one particularly coarse assertion of fact in...

2025.02.18

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The Freezing of USAID is an Abject Disaster for the Global Coffee Sector

The phrase “political instability” is commonly cited as a threat to sustainability in coffee. Among organizations and analysts in the Global North, the phrase is most often applied to coffee-producing...

2025.02.06

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Coffee Industry on Edge as Trump Briefly Proposes 25% Tariffs on Colombian Goods

A dramatic escalation of diplomatic tensions between United States President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro sent a shockwave through a global coffee industry over the weekend. In a...

2025.01.27

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