Howard Schultz’s #MeToo Problem at Starbucks
Starbucks employees have faced rampant sexual harassment for years. Why hasn't Howard Schultz faced scrutiny for it?

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz speaking at an event at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia.
Billionaire former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz — who finds the term “billionaire” to be a micro-aggression of sorts (he prefers “person of means”) — has been getting a lot of attention since he announced he’s thinking about running for president. CNN even gave him an hour of airtime for his own Town Hall. All this despite the fact that he is the least popular of any possible candidate thus far. Americans may love foamy milk lightly flavored with bad afternoon coffee, but this apparently does not translate into affection for rich centrist men.
Bernie Sanders, by contrast, is a strong contender in the Democratic primary, with a good chance of beating Trump. His media coverage, however, has lately been dominated by relentless attention to a small number of allegations of sex discrimination and sexual harassment within his campaign organization. (Sanders may be one of the few men in politics who has never been charged with any personal sexual misconduct, and given the scrutiny and liberal hatred he has already faced, probably never will be.)
These charges have been repeatedly discussed by the New York Times, Fox News, USA Today, Time and pretty much every major media outlet. Such problems, unfortunately commonplace in political campaigns, including that of Hillary Clinton in 2016, are consistently reported as potentially career-ending disasters for Bernie Sanders.