LEGAL (R)EVOUTION?: Mexico just put animal welfare into its national constitution
SAM DELGADO: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum signed a set of constitutional reforms that will pave the way for a comprehensive federal animal…
‘Speciesist Ignorance’: How injustices towards animals are encouraged through social institutions and interactions
EMNEE VAN DEN BRANDELER: The concept of speciesism has played an important role in the field of animal ethics for delineating the moral status of…
‘LEFT’ BEYOND: Helping animals in the new ‘far-right’ political climate
TOBIAS LEENAERT: In the US and Europe, authoritarian and populist (far) right and nationalist parties have gained in influence or entered government…
BEAUTY IN THE BEAST: Vegans seen as moral but also face contempt from meat-eaters
SOPHIE FREEMAN: Vegans and people who embrace meat alternatives elicit fear and contempt from others, a study has suggested. Researchers asked 3,600…
Don’t mind milk?: Speciesism and the denial of mind and moral status of dairy cows
MARIA IOANNIDOU: People experience moral conflicts regularly and one of the most salient examples concerns people’s relationships with other…
‘Go Vegan!’: Is the movement’s dominant slogan slowing our progress towards a vegan world?
ANIMAL THINK TANK: "Go vegan" has been a rallying cry for animal freedom advocates for decades. It’s a phrase that calls for action, urging people…
‘Monetizing Veganism’: Ten years later, veganism is more popular but less political
COREY LEE WRENN: Veganism has managed to gain a foothold on the popular imagination: vegan options continually increase in availability across…
Boycott Veganism: Be an animal advocate, not just a vegan
GLENN: It’s common to hear that being vegan is the “most important thing you can do” to reduce animal suffering, or that your consumer choices are…
‘SAN ANDREAS’ FAULT?: Animal rights activist on U.S. most wanted terrorist list arrested after 2 decades
KRYSTAL NURSE: An alleged animal-rights extremist on the U.S. most-wanted terrorist list since 2009 in connection with the bombing of a California…
THE ‘FAIRER’ SEX: Why do more women than men choose to become veg*ans?
HAL HERZOG: The Vegetarian Resource Group has, for 30 years, periodically commissioned national polls on what Americans eat. In 1994, 1% of their…