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November 22, 2023
Jan Dutkiewicz
The Turkey Pardon Is a Perfect Emblem of Our Very Dumb Politics
It started as a way to distract from the Iran-Contra affair. Now it’s a mockery of both American agriculture and our arbitrary legal system.
February 16, 2023
Jack McCordick
Martha Nussbaum’s Case for Animal Rights
What would it mean to treat other living creatures fairly?
December 6, 2022
Tori Otten
Elon Musk’s Neuralink Is Under Federal Investigation for Animal Abuse
Musk reportedly pressured staff, telling them to “imagine they had a bomb strapped to their heads,” leading to rushed animal testing.
February 23, 2022
Andrew Schwartz
Animal Rights Activists Rescued Two Piglets From Slaughter. They Wanted to Get Caught.
Liberating the pigs from a Smithfield facility was just the first step in Wayne Hsiung and Paul Darwin Picklesimer’s grand plan. Now they want their legal case to start a sea change in animal rights.
March 28, 2020
Jo Livingstone
The Bonkers Appeal of
Tiger King
Heavy lies the crown in Netflix’s bewildering documentary series about a glamorous but unbalanced zookeeper.
March 13, 2020
Rumaan Alam
What’s So Funny About the End of the World?
Deb Olin Unferth’s philosophical new novel tackles animal rights, industrial agriculture, and the fate of humanity.
October 10, 2019
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Rachel Riederer
Olga Tokarczuk’s Gripping Eco-Mystery
The Nobel Prize–winning novelist recasts our relationship with the environment.
March 14, 2019
Emily Atkin
Why Animal Rights Is the Next Frontier for the Left
As the left hardens its commitment to fighting climate change, social injustice, and rampant capitalism, the question of what to do about animals will become inescapable.
February 13, 2019
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Rachel Riederer
The Future of Meat Is Vegan
A plan to eliminate animal farming relies on science and startups.
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