The is perhaps no issue facing the animal rights movement that draws out the kind of tension around campaigning and protest the way animal experimentation does. There is a long and rich history of diverse action against various vivisection-related industries. Some of it has been legal, some of it has been decidedly illegal.

Activism can only take place when we reach out of our vegan comfort zone into the world of non-believers. Or, we should say, not-yet-believers. For that reason, we wouldn’t classify conferences and other inside-the-vegan-bubble events as activism per se. Rather, they are benchmarks in between the real work.

There is a reason mainstream health organizations are trying to get the public to eat more fruits, veggies and whole grains. Plant-foods are high in fiber, phytochemicals and antioxidants, have no cholesterol and are generally low in saturated fat. Conversely, animal products are high in both cholesterol and saturated fat

Bloody beauty? No thank you. Think only leather and meat are murder? Think again. Dead animal ingredients lurk even in your makeup, so watch out. Even if you’re not vegan, staining your lips with dead insects’ extracts won’t be appealing or truly aesthetic to say the least, so why buy it in a sanitized, attractive package?

For those of us addicted to running a long way, it’s important to have the ability to fully and quickly recover after a long, tough endurance event – ready to resume training, or to take on the next big race. One of the things that vegan ultra runners often find is that they have a good rate of recovery from the exertion of running events that could be 50 to 100 miles or more

Myq Kaplan is a vegan comedian. Shane Mauss is a non-vegan comedian.

They are friends.

Here is a conversation they had, about being vegan. Or not. <Cue scary music, and then forget to play it.>

Why do people who care about the welfare of animals continue to eat them? This seemingly simple question often leads to spirited debates about morality, nutrition, sustainability, and can even upset and enrage people who have barely spent much time thinking about the issue.

The new wave of pro-meat arguments is in part an attempt to defend the weakened meat-eating establishment — “Happy meat,” locavorism, and “paleo dieting” are signs of society’s willingness to examine the ethics of eating meat, eggs, and diary

There is no time like the present to go vegan—with people becoming more conscientious about the treatment of animals and their health in the past few years, traditional restaurants and the media have noticed. Veganism is no longer a foreign concept. There has been a recent surge of establishments offering meat free dishes, completely vegan restaurants opening their doors, and new vegan products hitting the shelves.

Can we be honest? Putting birds in colony cages, taking their eggs away, and killing them at the end of their run does not make them happy. It doesn’t even make them more fortunate than they used to be. Birds in cages 18 years from now won’t thank us because we could have made those cages smaller.

Flying is something vegans dread, but it doesn’t have to be such a hassle. Whether you choose to rely on airline food or pack your own grub, here are a few tips and tricks to ensure your trip doesn’t get off to a poor start due to a rumbling tummy.

If we think it’s not okay to deliberately kill another human animal, because human animals have a right to not be killed, then if we treat other animals equally, we ought not to kill them. If we think it’s not okay to deliberately harm another human animal, because other human animals have an interest in not being harmed, then if we treat other animals equally, we ought not to deliberately harm them.

Statistically, it is true, American men eat more “beef” than women. A lot of industries need American men to continue to eat beef—to begin with the beef industry, but also steakhouses, fast food burger joints, magazines that help to establish just what is “manly” and what is not, and then, let’s not forget, open-heart surgeons.