A Portland ice cream shop got serious blowback from pro-lifers when they debuted a honey vanilla and rose petal-flavored ice cream to raise money for Planned Parenthood. What’s The Scoop? traditionally donates 10% of its proceeds to a new organization every month, as well as 50% of proceeds from specially-themed flavors. But when they debuted their new Planned Parenthood-related ice …

In the spring of 2012, Spenser Johnson, a junior at Highland Park High School in Topeka, Kansas, was unpacking his acoustic bass before orchestra practice when a sign caught his eye. “Do you want to make money?” it asked. The poster encouraged the predominantly poor students at Highland Park to enroll in a new, yearlong course that would provide lessons …

Justin Lee (born September 7, 1977) is the founder of the Gay Christian Network (GCN), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides resources and support to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Christians. According to the GCN website, “We also work with churches and other Christian organizations to help educate the Christian community about sexual orientation issues from a Biblical standpoint.” In …

Pope Francis reportedly called the Catholic Church’s requirement that its clergy remain celibate a “problem” for which “there are solutions,” during a controversial interview with an Italian newspaper. The Pope also allegedly said that 1 in 50 members of the clergy are pedophiles and that the Church’s sex abuse scandal is “a leprosy in our house.” “The 2% of pedophiles …

In May, Organizing For Action — the non-profit continuation of Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign — announced that it would stop soliciting donations from large contributors in order not to distract from the 2014 campaigns. It worked. The number of donors giving to the group for its activist work dipped by 34 percent from the first quarter of the year. Overall …

The Supreme Court has had the same nine members since 2010. And Americans still can’t decide whether those nine justices are too conservative or too liberal. A new Gallup poll shows views of the court remain relatively steady — at least overall — with 47 percent of Americans approving of the justices and 46 percent disapproving. Those numbers have changed …

Liz Cheney did not hesitate when asked Monday what the Republican Party should do to address climate change. “Nothing,” she immediately replied. Her comments came during a discussion that also featured her father, former vice president Dick Cheney, and mother, Lynne Cheney. The event, held at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., was hosted by Politico. Cheney said she was …