TREAD GENTLY: Political boycotts in the vegan movement and their impact on animal rights
ROLAND AZAR: The vegan movement is fundamentally driven by the desire to reduce animal suffering, end animal exploitation, and promote ethical…
BEHIND THE VAIL: Why the anti-factory farming movement needs direct action
MARINA BOLOTNIKOVA: Direct action, especially in the name of animal liberation, is often maligned by people who don’t know anything about it. They…
‘Food for Thought’: New documentary film explores the growth of the vegan movement
CLAIRE HAMLETT: A new film set to premiere this month is described as an “uplifting” and “unique” look at the driving forces behind the vegan…
‘Seeing Red’: U.S. DoD and NIH still collaborating in funding cruel dog experiments in Chinese labs
JOSH CHRISTENSON: The Department of Defense and National Institutes of Health (NIH) are still collaborating on research with a Beijing lab for…
‘Vegan Porn’: Vegan activism appears only to entertain and gain support of other vegans
DAVID RAMMS: What is vegan porn (vp)? It’s not a sub-genre of vegans bumping uglies, actually, it doesn’t necessarily include anything of a sexual…
‘Why You’re Wrong About PETA’: How the notorious organization fights against animal cruelty and human hypocrisy
JAN DUTKIEWICZ: PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) — you’ve heard of it, and chances are, you have an opinion about it. Nearly 45…
‘A44 (The Vegan Zombie)’: New film gives a vegan twist to the zombie apocalypse narrative
JORDI CASMITJANA: What happens when you add a vegan twist to a zombie apocalypse? You get A44, the brainchild of Chris Cooney, better known as “The…
‘Lucy’ Was Vegan: New research reveals human ancestors were vegetarian 3.3 million years ago
MARGHERITA BASSI: The ape-like human ancestor Australopithecus — perhaps best known from the iconic fossil ‘Lucy’ — might not have had much meat on…
‘Collateral Damage’: The negative effects of witnessing or learning about animal abuse
MARC BEKOFF: A number of people sent me emails asking me if and how simply learning vicariously about different forms of animal abuse via social or…
‘Persona Non Grata’: Colorado supreme court denies ‘personhood’ claim for release of zoo elephants
MONIQUE MERRILL: Five elderly African elephants will be staying put in a Colorado zoo after the state Supreme Court denied an animal advocacy…