ANIMALITY LIBERATION: Artificial Intelligence (AI) reveals our anxiety over the mistreatment of animals
MARINA BOLITNIKOVA: Humans are very good at fantasizing about being exterminated by an alien species, because we’ve always been good at devising…
MEAT MARX: The base, superstructure and cultivated meat
JON HOCHSCHARTNER: For those who don’t know, cultivated meat is grown from animal cells, without slaughter. The technology faces a number of…
‘Every 30 Minutes’: New veganism billboard ad campaign makes some people angry for the wrong reasons
GEN V: Do you know how many animals are killed by the meat, egg, and dairy industries every year, every month, every day? The truth is way more…
‘Rat Trap: The Capture of Medicine by Animal Research’
MARC BEKOFF: Many people, including researchers, recognize that animal models of human disease don't work as well as their colleagues and others…
Nature: Lessons from non-human animals
NDLELENDE NCUBE: Learning is one aspect of life that is fundamental for growth. The moment every creature enters life on this planet, it must learn…
THE LIES WE BURY: The myths we tell ourselves about American farming
KENNY TORRELLA: If you were to guess America’s biggest source of water pollution, chemical factories or oil refineries might come to mind. But it’s…
THE MARCH TO FREEDOM: The problem with ‘open rescue’
JON HOCHSCHARTNER: I have tremendous respect for Wayne Hsiung. Among other things, he founded Direct Action Everywhere, which I believe, whatever…
‘Female Wolf 2745’: Anthropomorphism, anthropocentrism, and Asha the wandering wolf
ERIK MOLVAR: The Mexican gray wolf Asha’s return to the wilds has garnered nationwide attention, thanks to reporting by the Associated Press and…
CRIME OF COMPASSION: Our ‘legal system’ protects those hurting animals and punishes those trying to save them
CASSIE KING: In 2018, DxE received whistleblower footage from Sunrise Farms, a massive egg-laying operation in Petaluma that — according to court…
THE TORMENT OF ‘OTHERS’: What can caged lab monkeys tell us about free human beings?
GARET LAHVIS: After publishing more than 40 scientific papers, I left academia. In part, I left on principle. I believed that if we experimented on…