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New York Post
22-04-2025
- Business
- New York Post
Unilever threatens to pull funding for Ben & Jerry's Foundation as progressive battle escalates: report
Unilever has threatened to pull funding for the Ben & Jerry's Foundation – escalating its battle to muzzle the left-leaning ice cream brand's progressive activism, according to a report. The company has demanded Ben & Jerry's Foundation submit to an expedited audit of its donations to continue receiving funding, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Unilever, which is based in London, gives approximately $5 million to the foundation each year, based on a formula of the ice cream company's sales and inflation, sources told Reuters. 3 Unilever has threatened to pull funding for the Ben & Jerry's Foundation, according to a report. REUTERS Ben & Jerry's and Unilever did not immediately respond to The Post's requests for comment. Ben & Jerry's Foundation donates to social justice grassroots organizations in the US, with an emphasis on groups in Vermont, where Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield founded the ice cream brand. It has supported the Human Rights Coalition, a prison reform group led by formerly incarcerated individuals; Felony Murder Elimination Project, which protests a California rule that allows the death penalty for felons who did not commit a murder; and Adelante Student Voices, a network for undocumented students. The company's threat to yank funding is retaliation for a lawsuit filed in November, when Ben & Jerry's accused Unilever of attempting to silence its pro-Palestinian messaging, the sources said. Ben & Jerry's has protested the war in Gaza and called for police departments to be defunded. The ice cream company – known for funky flavors like Phish Food, Half Baked and Chunky Monkey – has also accused Unilever of preventing it from speaking out against President Trump. 3 Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen, co-founders of Ben & Jerry's, serving free ice cream during a Scoop The Vote event. Getty Images for MoveOn Cohen, who co-founded Ben & Jerry's in 1978, earlier this month revealed he's trying to gather a group of investors to buy back the brand, as Unilever prepares to spin off the company and the rest of its ice cream businesses. He pleaded with Unilever to 'set us free.' Tensions have been bubbling up for months as the parent company tried to silence its unruly ice cream brand. In March, Ben & Jerry's claimed Unilever fired chief executive David Stever – who started as a tour guide for the ice cream brand's Waterbury factory – over the company's anti-Trump political activism. 3 Ben & Jerry's claimed Unilever fired its longtime chief executive. Getty Images Ben & Jerry's said the firing violated its 2000 merger agreement with the London firm. Unilever, however, argued it has the authority to appoint a new chief executive, and that the decision would only be made after speaking with the board. It's unclear whether Stever is still with the company. With Post wires
Buzz Feed
22-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Rachel True From "The Craft" Called Out Pay Disparities For Women Of Color In Hollywood, And It's Frustrating
If you're a true '90s fan, you know Rachel True from The Craft and Half Baked. On March 20, she posted a series of X posts regarding pay disparities in Hollywood, and it was really eye-opening. Age, race, and gender pay gaps are widespread across most industries. But as it's known how much money goes into filmmaking, the conversation around how actors are paid, especially when they're not white men, has been a necessary hot topic. Rachel posted, "On my acting gigs I got paid about 1/2 what my anglo peers did, but tell me again about' meritocracy' lol," alongside a gif from the 1996 movie The Craft, which also starred Neve Campbell, Fairuza Balk, and Robin Tunney. Rachel portrayed Rochelle Zimmerman, one of the four teenagers who discover their power as witches. In a follow-up X post, Rachel wrote, "I was # 1 on the call sheet every wk on Half & Half & got paid 1/2 what Anglo peers got paid. Obvs Black Americans are underpaid in lots of fields Cause mericrapocy." Rachel starred in the TV show Half & Half from 2002 - 2006 alongside Essence Atkins, Tela Hopkins, and Valarie Pettiford. UPN When people suggested that perhaps it was because she wasn't a lead character, she responded, "& For those saying I wasn't a lead on the Craft I'm on the poster & you're not. Suck it up." When an X user asked Rachel if things would be different if the movie were made now, she responded, "Before this admin maybe. Social media changed a lot. But now, nope. On the craft the money people told my agents Take it or leave it we have another black girl we can cast. Btw They fucking didnt." Many actors like Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, and Zoe Saladaña have addressed their concerns over pay disparities for actors who are not white men. In 2023, Taraji P. Henson opened up about the realities of working in Hollywood as a Black woman and the challenges she faced fighting for equal pay. "I'm just tired of working so hard, being gracious at what I do, [and] getting paid a fraction of the cost," she said. "I'm tired of hearing my sisters say the same thing over and over. You get tired." "I hear people go, 'You work a lot.' Well, I have to. The math ain't math-ing. When you start working a lot, you have a team. Big bills come with what we do. We don't do this alone. It's a whole team behind us. They have to get paid." What do you think about Rachel's claims? Let me know your thoughts!
