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We Must Shut Down Factory Farms to Protect Clean Water and Environmental Justice
The overwhelming majority of U.S. food systems are dominated by a handful of corporations that pollute our communities.
Republicans Are Using Capitol Breach as Excuse to Promote Anti-Protest Bills
GOP lawmakers are taking advantage of white supremacist violence to criminalize racial and climate justice protests.
Judges Strike Down “Ag-Gag” Laws for Violating the First Amendment
States using laws to conceal the cruelty in animal agriculture from the public are losing in courts across the U.S.
“Ag-Gag” Laws Expose Whistleblowers to Prosecution for Reporting Animal Abuse
Those who expose animal abuse face criminal prosecution in several states because of these laws.
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How the “Citizens United” Ruling Paved the Way for This Abhorrent Tax Bill
A donor-friendly tax bill like this should be no surprise.
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Utah’s Ag Gag Law Is Declared Unconstitutional
A federal judge has ruled Utah's law making it illegal to film what happens at farms and slaughterhouses unconstitutional.
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Arkansas Is Trying Again to Prevent Whistleblowers From Exposing Cruelty to Animals
Dangerous “ag gag” bills, aim to criminalize whistleblowers and have been controversial for years.
How Corporate Dark Money Is Taking Power on Both Sides of the Atlantic
A secretive network of business lobbyists has long held sway in US politics. Now their allies in the UK government are planning a Brexit that plays into their hands.
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What’s in a Frame? The Perils of “Domestic Terrorism”
We will never find our way to a just and caring society by remaining in the conceptual gulag of “terrorism.”
Big Agriculture Spars With the First Amendment
Animal abuse isn't only a problem when people find out about it.