EMILY ATKIN: ‘Last December, the Twitter account for the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) set off a full-fledged media furor. The tweet in question set out to enumerate the linguistic sins of “speciesism”—the practice of discriminating against living things based on their species affiliation… Cue the furor. The ensuing backlash … Continue reading Why Animal Rights is the New Frontier for the Left (and Right and Center)