The ‘Trilemma’: Should anti-speciesists condone animal agriculture for people living in extreme poverty?
JOSHUA JARVIS-CAMPBELL: Like racism and sexism, some philosophers have argued that speciesism is a morally untenable position. We cannot, they…
‘The Politics of Sight’: Attending with shame to the animal crisis
THOMAS KAINBERGER: The animal crisis is characterized by indifference. This is partly because everybody knows that farm animals may be used in ways…
Jokers to the ‘Left’, Clowns to the ‘Right’: Should vegans be political ‘party animals’?
NATALIE FULTON: The standard wisdom in animal rights has always been that veganism is for everyone: conservatives and liberals alike. That we should…
The Vegan Christ: The ‘cleansing of the temple’, a fatal act of animal liberation
CHAPMAN CHEN: Jesus cleansed the Holy Temple and took direct action to "open rescue" the animals therein, because He and God "desire compassion,…
CHICKEN HOLOCAUST: Can photos of farmed animals change our eating and buying habits and politics?
MARTHA ROSENBERG: If ever there were an appropriate use of the term “countless,” it is for the millions of farmed birds killed recently to prevent…
SLEIGHT OF HAND: Why is human suffering used as an argument against animal rights?
ROLAND AZAR: When a person faces the idea that he may be involved in an immoral act — even if it is unintentionally — Psychological defense…
SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME: New research findings show crows can recognize geometric regularity
BOB YIRKA: Recognizing regularity in geometric shapes means being able to pick out one shape that is different from others in a group — picking out…
TEST OF FAITH: Food and Drug (FDA) and Environmental Protection (EPA) to ‘phase-out’ animal testing
EMMA COLTON: The Trump administration is receiving an outpouring of support from animal advocacy groups, lawmakers and others for recent…
‘Was Blind but Now I See’: Animal liberation documentaries’ deconstruction of barriers to witnessing injustice
CARRIE PACKWOOD FREEMAN: ‘You better hope the anti-vivisection people don’t get a hold of this film,’ laughs a laboratory worker as she videotapes…
Revisiting Plato: A modern take on interspecies dialogues
POLITICS & RIGHTS REVIEW: In the intricate tapestry of political theory, the voices of nonhuman entities have long been relegated to the…