How Ben & Jerry’s showed that creativity can beat powerful Fearless play , argues executive creative director and partner of The Hallway, Simon Lee, is vital in the face of adversity.
February 12, 2021 9:30
by SIMON LEE
Ben & Jerry’s ice cream founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield had every right to be fearful in 1984. At a meeting in a dark corner of an airport restaurant, their distributor told them the Pillsbury Corporation had bought Haagen-Daz and was threatening to stop selling him Haagen-Daz if he continued to sell Ben & Jerry’s. Haagen-Daz was the distributor’s main money maker, so he had no choice but to cut off Ben & Jerry’s core distribution pipeline.
Whitehouse Pushes Justice Dept. to Support Controversial Donor Disclosure Rule
DOJ traditionally avoids switching sides in Supreme Court cases between administrations Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.) / Getty Images Kevin Daley • February 9, 2021 5:50 pm
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.) and a group of Democratic lawmakers are urging the Justice Department to buck tradition and withdraw the Trump administration-backed challenge to a controversial California rule that would require charities to disclose their donors to the state’s attorney general.
Critics say the rule, which is currently before the Supreme Court, would allow the state government to violate the First Amendment rights of charities and donors alike.
A police vehicle sets up a perimeter on the edge of the Line 3 protest in St. Paul, Minn., on Jan. 29, 2021.Photo: Tim Evans/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesA police vehicle sets up a perimeter on the edge of the Line 3 protest in St. Paul, Minn., on Jan. 29, 2021.Photo: Tim Evans/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Minnesota Police Want a Pipeline Company to Pay for Weapons Claimed as PPE
Police monitoring Enbridge Line 3 pipeline opponents submitted invoices for tear gas, batons, flash-bang grenades, and other riot gear.
February 10 2021, 11:00 a.m.
A police vehicle sets up a perimeter on the edge of the Line 3 protest in St. Paul, Minn., on Jan. 29, 2021.Photo: Tim Evans/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesA police vehicle sets up a perimeter on the edge of the Line 3 protest in St. Paul, Minn., on Jan. 29, 2021.Photo: Tim Evans/NurPhoto via Getty Images