When Kindness Is A Crime: The silent suffering of Pakistan’s animal feeders
AISHA KALID: The two-nation theory is the bedrock of Pakistan’s creation. The crux of the theory was to create a separate state governed by Islamic…
PRAXIS MAKES PERFECT: Human coexistence with other animals requires respect for their needs
MARC BEKOFF: Globally, nonhuman animals need all the help they can get in the Anthropocene, often called ‘the age of humanity’ but practically…
THE ENEMY AMONG US: Is empathizing with angry meat-eaters betraying the animals?
DAVID RAMMS: Many of us vegans have this idea that we need to be harsh, provocative, direct and confrontational. Anything less is “letting the…
Veganism Under Attack: Mainstream media bias and the importance of vegan literature
DISA: Unchained TV's Jane Velez Mitchell recently hosted a discussion on the concerning trend of mainstream media bias against veganism with with…
‘Beyond Meat & Memes’: New research project examines how veganism is promoted on social media
COREY WRENN: Social media has become central to many people’s everyday communication, education, and self-expression. Such platforms are undeniably…
REALITY ‘BITES’: Why vegans make others so angry, according to science
ASHLEY FIKE: Forget bacon. What really gets people heated is the quiet, smug glow of someone eating vegetables on purpose... A new research study…
DOMESTIC DESECRATION: Farmed animals; human creation disguised as divine purpose
ROLAND AZAR: Farmed animals as we know them today are not natural species but rather the result of thousands of years of human intervention. Early…
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…