‘Creaturely Racism’ in the Media: Issues and solutions for speciesism in the Anthropocene
FRONTIERS IN COMMUNICATION: Decades of political struggles and social pressure from enlightened publics have forced the media to heed its ethical…
‘Mother Cow, Mother India’: The sacred and the profane exploitation of cows in India
AMBIKA AIYADURAI: In India, it is not rare to see the veneration of the cow on one street corner, and the same animals feeding on trash at the next.…
OMNIVORE DILEMMA: Moralistic stereotyping of vegans
BEN DE GROEVE: Attitudes toward vegans can be markedly ambivalent. On the one hand, vegans may evoke admiration among omnivores for their moral…
PRIDE IN PREJUDICE: Speciesism in everyday language
STEFAN LEACH: Anthropocentric speciesism manifests in the belief that the welfare of humans is more valuable compared to, for example, dolphins,…
‘Christspiracy’: Documentary set for release in over 600 movie theaters around the world
POLLY FOREMAN: Christspiracy will be screened in over 600 movie theaters around the world on March 20th and March 24th in all of the US, UK,…
R.I.P. Steven Wise: Legal force for animal rights, dies at 73
HARRISON SMITH: Steven M. Wise, a legal warrior for animal rights who argued that chimpanzees, elephants, whales and other highly intelligent…
MILESTONE: Vegans are protected by human rights, Danish court rules
VEGETARISK FORENING: On February 8th 2024, a lower court in Denmark, the court in the city of Hjorring granted the vegan movement in Denmark a…
‘Max Pain’: Lawsuit secures horrific videos and photos of NIH animal tests at bioagent lab
AMANDA NIEVES: A successful White Coat Waste (WCW) Project Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit has pried free never-before-seen photos and…
‘Moral Impossibility’: What if veganism is not a choice
SILVIA PANIZZA: In their daily practices, many ethical vegans choose what to eat, wear, and buy among a range that is limited to the exclusion of…
Glenn Greenwald: The multi-pronged evils of factory farming
SYSTEM UPDATE: Glenn Greenwald interviews Wayne Hsiung (Direct Action Everywhere) and John Oberg (animal advocate) on the multi-level atrocities of…