Feature
Why Anti-Trans Campaigns Keep Returning to the Politics of Meat
Recent anti-trans political ads were funded in part by meat industry trade groups, including multiple ads comparing trans people to cattle.
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Election Campaigns
Explainer
Who Is Brooke Rollins, Trump’s Agriculture Secretary Pick?
Rollins lacks experience — but industry groups are hopeful.
Election Campaigns•3 min read
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 Campaigns•8 min read
Explainer
How Climate Change Misinformation and Apathy Helped Trump Win
Trump’s win shows that misinformation is here to stay.
Election Campaigns•6 min read
Analysis
Election 2024 Coverage: The Complete Guide
All of Sentient’s election coverage in one place.
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Explainer
Measure J & Other Ballot Measures to Ban Slaughterhouses, Explained
A look inside activists’ new strategy to ban factory farming.
Election Campaigns•14 min read
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 Campaigns•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 Campaigns•6 min read
Explainer
Where JD Vance Stands on Factory Farming and Meat
His policy record holds a few clues.
Election Campaigns•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 Campaigns•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 Campaigns•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 Campaigns•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 Campaigns•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 Campaigns•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 Campaigns•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 Campaigns•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 Campaigns•16 min read
Reported
VP Candidate Tim Walz Has Deep Connections to Agriculture and Conservation
But the Minnesota governor will have to answer climate groups’ concerns about his support for ethanol and factory farming.
Election Campaigns•5 min read
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