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Starbucked: A Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce, and Culturenew

After someone attempted a firebombing at a new Starbucks in Southeast Portland, Taylor Clark, then a staff writer for Willamette Week, wrote a cover story about the Seattle-based coffee giant. The article generated grande buzz and lead to this book.
Willamette Week  |  Taylor Clark  |  11-07-2007  |  Excerpts

Starbucks Not As Bad a Corporate Colonialist As Bashers Thinknew

The unavoidable Starbucks is regarded by some as the ultimate corporate colonialist. Taylor Clark looks at the charges against the coffeehouse chain and finds it not guilty on several counts.
Willamette Week  |  Taylor Clark  |  08-07-2004  |  Business & Labor

State's Progressive Health Plan Stops Taking New Patientsnew

When Oregon Health Plan began in 1994, it was a groundbreaking attempt to provide health care to anyone in need. But now, because of the state's economic downturn, even prospective clients who earn less than the federal poverty level must either pay for their own health insurance -- or go without it.
Willamette Week  |  Taylor Clark  |  06-10-2004  |  Politics

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