MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: Is it even possible to convince people to stop eating meat?
KENNY TORRELLA: Factory farming is a particularly wicked problem to solve. It’s a moral atrocity, involving the confinement and slaughter of…
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‘Real’ Animal Rights: Anthropocentric, zoocentric, and ecocentric rationales
SASKIA STUCKI: Since its inception, the idea of animal rights has had a mostly theoretical existence, occupying the minds of moral philosophers,…
The Vegan Society: ‘Biggest-ever’ exhibition on the history of veganism opens in the UK
LIAM PRITCHETT: The Vegan Society is celebrating its 80th year of operations with an interactive exhibition titled “Veganism: Past, Present and…
‘Interest Convergence’: Why most people won’t be persuaded by moral arguments for animal justice
PROJECT PHOENIX: In the 1980s, African American legal scholar Derrick Bell offered a sharp insight that still holds resonance for social movements…
Belief Isn’t a License: Dismantling the myth of human entitlement
ROLAND AZAR: There is a dangerous thread that runs through history — a thread that justifies domination by wrapping it in belief. It has allowed…
COMPASSION UNCAGED: Five animal rights activists arrested for rescuing two baby goats from factory farm
JORDI CASMITJANA: A dramatic open rescue of 2 baby goats from a factory farm south of San Francisco resulted in the arrest of 5 activists with…
Big Bold Lies: NIH animal research budget cuts aren’t what biopharma industry wants you to think
RISE FOR ANIMALS: As the U.S. government reviews, trims, and freezes funding for so-called “scientific research”, the animal research industry is…
MENTAL CHAINS: Why do vegans have higher rates of depression?
JUSTIN BROWN: I was sitting with my morning coffee in Singapore, scrolling through Instagram DMs, when something stopped me cold. A few days…
Wayne Hsiung: I standy by my ‘animal welfare reforms are among the most important victories in animal rights history’ statement
WAYNE HSIUNG: The latest open rescue by Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) was at a Certified Humane supplier of goat milk to Whole Foods, Vera Dairy in…
‘The Omnivore’s Deception’: The case of conflicted carnivores
MARC BEKOFF: In his new book, 'The Omnivore’s Deception: What We Get Wrong about Meat, Animals, and Ourselves', Dr. John Sanbonmatsu does nothing of…