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Starbucks has built a reputation for being a socially responsible company, which includes providing healthcare benefits and stock options to its employees. However, many workers have criticized the company for not living up to this reputation and for engaging in unfair labor practices, such as understaffing and low wages.

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"Pull yourself up by your bootstraps." How many times have we heard that scolding? But what does that actually mean? We are told that if we work hard and rely on our own resources, we will ultimately succeed. But there are major flaws in this do-it-alone grit delusion. It’s a moralistic and unreasonable expectation and enables contempt for the less fortunate. How can we free ourselves from this self-defeating narrative and help each other up—and not by your bootstraps.

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Child brides forced to marry much older men. How it continues to happen in Texas and the effort to shut it down. Could this be the legislative session where marijuana is decriminalized? There’s reason for pro-pot hope. And how Governor Abbott and state leaders are big on big government when it comes to running Texas cities.

Are U.S. inequalities rooted in justice systems that have turned away from its lofty ideals and toward efficiency and generating revenue? What are the hidden forces behind America’s courts, prosecutors, probation departments, police, and detention facilities that have turned them into part of a machine commodifying children and the poor? Daniel Hatcher joins us, author of "Injustice Inc. How America's Justice System Commodifies Children and the Poor."

Valentine's Day is known as a red-letter day for love and romance – but data shows it’s also a big day for break-ups. We live in a culture that kind of sends many mixed messages about love, romance, dating and mating - in person or online. How do we make sense of it all?

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There's been another deadly dog attack in San Antonio. Officials say this one could have been prevented. But it wasn’t. What can be done about the over-population of stray dogs on the streets and about dog owners who don’t keep their animals from running wild? What should be done about dangerous dogs in the name of public safety?