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The New Jersey office where I work will likely be under water in less than twenty years. When I mentioned this to a coworker, she just smiled and walked away. "Long-term disaster is now the best case scenario" wrote Nathaniel Rich in "Losing Earth: The D…

I had been following my niece and nephew, both under the age of five, on my brother and sister-in-law's shared Facebook page for years. Every so often I would "like" a picture of the kids or make an admiring comment without any acknowledgment or fanfare, …

Forcible insemination (rape) of a dairy cow. When I tell people new to animal activism that veganism is also a feminist issue, I usually get some quizzical looks. Did you say feminism? What do women have to do with farm animals? This typical response is reflective of s…

I’m admittedly a glass-is-half-empty person. I often find myself feeling disappointed and let down. Yet, in all my disenchantments, I never thought I would feel betrayed by some animal advocacy organizations whose mission I believed was to promote veganism, eradicate a…

ATTENTION ANIMAL ACTIVISTS : the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS), the ASPCA, Farm Sanctuary and Mercy for Animals continue to push for the passage of a bill (Egg Products Inspection Act: H.R. 3798 and S. 3239) that has been written in agreement with the UEP (United E…

You are a slave in the American South in 1860. You live in an 8’ x 8’ shack. You are tortured daily. A slave welfare organization is lobbying on your behalf and that of all slaves. They have struck a deal with those who own you that they insist will help you. The slave…

In Defense of Animals (IDA) recently spoke out on the salmonella outbreak that required the recall of close to 400 million eggs, saying that this outbreak is not an isolated incident and demonstrates the danger of consuming animal products produced in factory farms. S…

In a Lewiston, Maine courtroom on Monday, the owner of Quality Egg of New England (QENE), one of the largest egg producers in the nation, pleaded guilty to 10 civil counts of cruelty to animals. As part of a landmark civil settlement, stemming from a Mercy For Animals …

This past Thanksgiving I had an unnerving conversation with a soon-to-be relative. The topic of my veganism came up (as it usually does around the dinner table) and so my soon to be brother-in-law told me about his young son's move to vegetarianism. Happily and exc…