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How Climate Change Misinformation and Apathy Helped Trump Win
Trump’s win shows that misinformation is here to stay.
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All of Sentient’s election coverage in one place.
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Measure J & Other Ballot Measures to Ban Slaughterhouses, Explained
A look inside activists’ new strategy to ban factory farming.
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Trump’s Climate Change & Factory Farming Policies: What to Expect From His Win
His second term is bad news for combating climate change.
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Reported
Children Are at the Core of MAHA. Some Moms Are Ecstatic.
Mothers are rallying behind RFK Jr.’s promises to expose corporate influence over America’s food and health systems.
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Explainer
Where JD Vance Stands on Factory Farming and Meat
His policy record holds a few clues.
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Trump & RFK’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Slogan, Examined
Unfortunately, Trump’s policies as president often had the opposite result.
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Perspective
Selective Outrage About Animals Is Having a Political Moment
What this election cycle reveals about America’s current relationship to eating animals.
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Solutions
How Denver Could Become the First City to Ban Slaughterhouses
Activists got a slaughterhouse moratorium on Denver’s ballot — but what are its chances?
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The Deep History of Racism and Speciesism Behind ‘They’re Eating the Dogs’
Tracing the history of a particularly harmful myth.
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Where Trump Stands on Animal Welfare and Factory Farming
We know he loves meat — but what does his policy history reveal?
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Walz, Meat and Masculinity, Maybe Not-So-Redefined
The VP candidate is said to represent a new kind of American masculinity — but meat remains an old stronghold.
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Explainer
Where Does Kamala Harris Stand on Meat and Factory Farming? Her Record Holds Clues
A brief look into the Democratic presidential candidate’s history and personal habits.
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Conversations
What a Trump or Harris Win Means for the Future of the Farm Bill
An interview with former Senate Agriculture Committee Chief Counsel Jonathan Coppess.
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