The FBI’s ‘biological weapons’ program has a new target: Animal rights activists
GREY MORAN: On a chilly, early morning in January 2019, a group of animal rights activists descended upon a poultry farm in central Texas. Donning…
SILENCE IS BEHOLDEN: Scientists who object to animal testing claim they are ‘frozen-out’ by peers
KATIE DANCEY-DOWNES: Scientists who question the validity of animal experiments are warning that medical progress is being held back because they…
‘The Lives of Animals’: Visual art exhibition asks: What is an animal? Can humans make friends with animals?
THE LIVES OF ANIMALS: What is an animal? And can we humans make friends with animals? These questions are the focus of the group exhibition The…
BIG-AG BUSTERS: California and Colorado ballot measures are terrifying the meat industry
MARINA BOLOTNIKOVA: Most people know Sonoma County, the Northern California region sometimes called America’s Provence, for its lush vineyards,…
Where Injustices (Fail to) Meet: Newspaper coverage of speciesism, animal rights, and racism
ETSUKO KINEFUCHI: This study examines the ways widely circulated U.S. newspapers have articulated the idea of “speciesism” and its associated idea…
‘Dogs Are People Too’: New film asks the question: Do dogs deserve legal personhood rights?
JAMIE L. LAREAU: A new documentary film addresses the idea of giving dogs "non-human personhood" under the law. It asks the provocative question:…
Vegans & Anarchists: Comparison of personality traits of two anti-oppression groups
SOPHIE DESJARDINS: Veganism and anarchism are burgeoning worldwide, yet very few studies have examined the psychological characteristics of people…
‘Superior’ Cruelty: Horrific secret video of Denver’s slaughterhouse released ahead of ban referendum
NATASHA LENNARD: Superior Farms processes between 15 and 20 percent of lambs killed for meat in the U.S. each year. Its vast Denver slaughterhouse,…
COMMON KNOWLEDGE: Do animals understand what it means to die?
SHAYLA LOVE: We know that animals often behave in particular ways toward dead members of their own species. Ravens and crows gather and make loud…
‘War On the Animals’: 100 national animal welfare laws, 117 years of futility
MARKUS WILD: Humanism has elevated humanity above its natural condition, but our relationship to animals remains in a state of war. Today, the…