Pork or Pig: Words Can Hurt You, Especially if You’re an Animal
Research confirms we use language to emotionally distance ourselves from violence and the act of killing. By James…
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The Beef With Beef
In recent years, a number of studies have revealed the massive impact of the livestock industry, and a…
Why Our Food Choices Are Determined by Price—and Not Ethics or Morals
The cost of moral consideration is cheap, and the marketplace enables consumer choice to trump food ethics. By…
All Bite and No Bark: The Lychee and Dog Meat Festival Turns a Mirror on Western Meat Eaters
It’s hard to condemn China’s popular dog meat festival when we have so many of our own animal-based…
Cutting Calories to Save the Planet
A new report highlights how relatively small shifts in diet could have substantial impacts on greenhouse gases and…
The Insect Industry Is Officially Incubating: Will Consumers Step Up to the Plate?
Insects provide protein that comes not only with enormously positive environmental consequences but off-the-charts health benefits as well.…
A Roadkill Revolution: Eating Animals to Liberate Them
A philosopher argues that if there are viable ways to reduce intentional harm to animals by eating them—and there are—then all vegetarians who subscribe to the “do-the-least-harm” principle should be obligated to make roadkill a part of their diet.
Fat-urday: When Eating What You Want Is Cheating
If "cheat days" are built into diets, is it really cheating? It's time to ditch the term and all its dubious implications.
I Am Luscious, and Other Campaign Slogans
Politicians are all about self-promotion and self-awareness. With a little help from the naming conventions of a vegan menu, could these attributes be used to better inform voters?
Radical Activism and the Future of Animal Rights
The most extreme activists have set aside the goal of helping animals to live better lives in order to attack those who do not join them in dreaming an impossible dream.