Election 2024

Explainer

Who Is Brooke Rollins, Trump’s Agriculture Secretary Pick?

Rollins lacks experience — but industry groups are hopeful.

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Explainer

For Opponents of Factory Farms, Election Night Was a Mixed Bag

One ballot measure passed — Measure J and a Denver ordinance didn’t. What’s next?

Election 2024•8 min read

Explainer

How Climate Change Misinformation and Apathy Helped Trump Win

Trump’s win shows that misinformation is here to stay.

Election 2024•6 min read

Analysis

Election 2024 Coverage: The Complete Guide

All of Sentient’s election coverage in one place.

Election 2024•1 min read

Explainer

Measure J & Other Ballot Measures to Ban Slaughterhouses, Explained

A look inside activists’ new strategy to ban factory farming.

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Explainer

Trump’s Climate Change & Factory Farming Policies: What to Expect From His Win

His second term is bad news for combating climate change.

Election 2024•10 min read

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.

Election 2024•6 min read

Explainer

Where JD Vance Stands on Factory Farming and Meat

His policy record holds a few clues.

Election 2024•7 min read

Explainer

Trump & RFK’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Slogan, Examined

Unfortunately, Trump’s policies as president often had the opposite result.

Election 2024•9 min read

Perspective

Selective Outrage About Animals Is Having a Political Moment

What this election cycle reveals about America’s current relationship to eating animals.

Election 2024•12 min read

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?

Election 2024•7 min read

Explainer

The Deep History of Racism and Speciesism Behind ‘They’re Eating the Dogs’

Tracing the history of a particularly harmful myth.

Election 2024•7 min read

Explainer

Where Trump Stands on Animal Welfare and Factory Farming

We know he loves meat — but what does his policy history reveal?

Election 2024•10 min read

Explainer

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.

Election 2024•11 min read

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.

Election 2024•8 min read

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.

Election 2024•16 min read