Ben & Jerry's

(Newser) - Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, has stepped down from his famous ice cream company, citing the loss of its independence and the silencing of its trademark activism under parent company Unilever. Greenfield's resignation, announced by business partner Ben Cohen on social media, follows years of...

(Newser) - Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen was arrested Wednesday at a US Senate hearing, where he interrupted Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to protest what's happening in Gaza. Kennedy was addressing a hearing of the health, education, labor, and pensions committee when a group of activists started...

(Newser) - Give him liberty, or just give him his darn company back. Ben Cohen, he of Ben & Jerry's fame, is mincing no words with his company's owner, Unilever. "In the year 2000, Unilever loved us for who we were," Cohen says. "Now we've gone...