Callous Carnivores: Do only jerks eat meat?
SOPHIE ATTWOOD: Much has been written on the link between the 'OCEAN' model and diet, with personality, particularly higher neuroticism and lower…
CAUSAL CLAIMS: Animal rights is not a ‘left’ or ‘right’ cause, and never was
MERRITT CLIFTON: The venerable Eric Mills, among the oldest, longest involved, and still most dynamic of politically left-leaning animal rights…
VEGAN RADICALISM: Vegans are the dissenters in society’s war on animals; that’s why we need them.
JISHNU GUHA-MAJUMDAR: Despite decades of advocacy, vegans and veganism remain deeply unpopular, even detested. Many influential animal activists are…
REPORT: Choosing animal advocacy tactics to change public opinion and reform institutions
MAX CARPENDALE: In the pursuit of social change, social movements have used a variety of tactics to attempt to reform institutions and change public…
If the political ‘left’ is serious about democracy, animal rights must become a core issue
ASTRA TAYLOR: For decades, animal industries, including meat, dairy, and commercial fishing, have been working successfully to undermine democracy…
Rhetorical Provocation: Can animal ethics actually rest on rational arguments?
M. HUTH: As an emotionally charged field of argumentation, the debates regarding animals seem to be particularly open to provocative strategies.…
CULTURE CROSSFIRE: What is standing in the way of plant-based meat receiving government support?
FRIDA GARZA: Just a few years ago, the alternative protein industry promised to revolutionize the way people eat burgers: They would still sizzle…
BREAKING POINTS: The relationships between animal rights activists and their families
TALI INBAR-FROHLICH: This phenomenological research examined family relationships among ideological nonhuman-animal rights activists, while…
Reuben Skeats: A day in the life of an animal rights activist
MILAN PERERA: When Reuben Skeats wakes up in the morning even he is not sure where the day will take him. It could be outside a local slaughterhouse…
#StopAnimalTesting: NIH loses lawsuit over censoring social media comments filed by animal rights groups
MEREDITH WADMAN: A U.S. Appeals Court in Washington, D.C.,... found that the U.S. National Institutes of Health violated free speech protections…