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UMKC student helps lead Starbucks union push

UMKC student helps lead Starbucks union push

Hayden Baker
February 14, 2022

UMKC student and shift supervisor Addy Wright is a leader in the movement to unionize the Country Club Plaza Starbucks. In a letter sent to the Starbucks CEO on Feb. 7, Wright and fellow organizers cited unsafe working conditions as one of their main grievances. They...

Former President Donald Trump with logos of various social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, Twitch, Pinterest, Tik Tok, and Shopify.

Who’s Moderating Who?

Caleb Robbins
February 4, 2021

Earlier this month Facebook, Twitter, Google-owned YouTube, and Amazon-owned Twitch banned former U.S. President Donald Trump either permanently or indefinitely following his comments on the U.S. Capitol riots.  Shortly after, conservative social media app Parler was...

Nash Fung amazes, motivates with magic in Half Lies

Nash Fung amazes, motivates with magic in Half Lies

Jefferson Harwood
February 17, 2020

Lift up your right leg and begin drawing a circle with your foot clockwise. Now make your foot switch directions. Take your right finger and draw the number six in the air. How did you do? This was just the first trick in a night filled with magic at the Student Union last...

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