Tag: vegan
Complacency rules: Consumerism and the environment
Complacency and the refusal to change individual behavior and collective ways of living are stoking the underlying cause of the crisis—consumerism.
Colorado’s ‘MeatOut Day’ has started a meat war
A call for more plant-based eating draws battle lines over burgers.
Why so many young people go vegan
Millennials are driving the shift towards food that is plant-based. They are likely to check the source of food, the issues surrounding animal welfare, and the impacts on the environment that get implied when they decide to purchase the product.
Portland to Be Home to World’s First Vegan Supermarket Chain
Veganz is the world's first all-vegan supermarket chain. By the end of 2016 they will have 14 stores open around the world.
All Forms of Life Are Sacred
Just because animals are cognitively different from us, why is it people's belief that they have lesser moral value? Using them is the ultimate problem—it does not matter how well we treat them.
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The Hard Hat Riot: A forgotten flashpoint in America’s culture wars
The Hard Hat Riot had immediate political consequences—a seminal moment in America’s culture wars.
The compulsion to intervene
Americans profess to care about the sacrifices of those who serve the nation in uniform. Why don’t we care enough to keep them from harm in the first place?
Like tobacco and Big Oil, secret docs show chemical companies knew PFAS dangers
"The industry used several strategies that have been shown common to tobacco, pharmaceutical, and other industries to influence science and regulation—most notably, suppressing unfavorable research and distorting public discourse."
Countries introduce legislation to ban or restrict vapes
Vaping has become popular among youth, but comes with an environmental impact.
The debt ceiling debacle is NOT a ‘partisan standoff’
Did Republicans alone manufactured this looming disaster?