The Forgotten 10 Billion Lives: The fight to see the suffering and survival of farmed animals
ISISABELLA LA ROCCA GONZALEZ: In 2012, in Turlock, California, 50,000 hens were abandoned in an egg farm. Every one of those trapped birds embodied…
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‘6 TRILLIONS’: The number of animals that humans are on pace to slaughter will shock you
KENNY TORRELLA: Should you care about the suffering of bugs? For most people, it’s a laughable question. But for those who really, really care about…
STUDY: Disgust, not taste, drives veg*ns meat avoidance
NEUROSCIENCE NEWS: A study led by the University of Exeter set out to investigate whether there is a difference in the psychological mechanisms by…
IT’S HUMANS FIRST: Wayne Hsiung… ‘I was wrong to condemn cage-free eggs.’
WAYNE HSIUNG: In 2016, I walked into a cage-free egg farm and accomplished what was, at the time, my greatest success as an activist. I was leading…
The misguided shift in vegan messaging: It’s not about killing or fighting oppression
ROLAND AZAR: The effectiveness of vegan activism isn’t defined solely by what we believe — it depends on how we communicate it. When advocates…
‘Cuori Liberi (Free Hearts)’: New film documents the darkest day for anti-speciesism in Italy
RAFFAELLA GIANCRISTOFARO: September 20, 2023: several mobile police vehicles forcefully break into the "Cuori liberi" shelter in Sairano, a hamlet…
‘Artivism’: Using art to expose the haunting reality of animal suffering
SARX: Art has long held a prophetic voice in society — a voice that does not merely echo the status quo, but challenges it. Through brushstrokes,…
‘But Can They Suffer?’: Animal suffering isn’t pretend, but too many think it is
ANDY MASLEY: There’s a very simple but subtly difficult intuition about animal ethics people often miss: animal suffering isn’t pretend. Getting…
‘Out of Sight’: An undercover investigator’s fight for animal rights and personal survival
MARC BEKOFF: Years ago, investigative reporter Gail Eisnitz published a landmark book titled Slaughterhouse about what farm animals endure from…
“Antispéciste”: The book that shattered the worldview of an award-winning French chef
ALEXIS GAUTHIER: Less a manifesto, more a philosophical grenade — with a cover that says it all: a pig gazing straight at you, calm and knowing,…
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 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…