where science and ethics intersect with politics
Words shape how we see — and who we harm. From barns to boardrooms, euphemisms like “processing” and “human capital” make cruelty sound routine. The Humane Party calls for truth in language, reminding us that liberation begins with the courage to speak honestly.
UnchainedTV’s call for mandatory cameras inside slaughterhouses has reignited a national debate on transparency, ethics, and power. While mainstream “humane” groups stay silent, the Humane Party argues that true oversight isn’t reform — it’s revelation.
In The Fence Remembers, the author tells an allegorical tale of liberation and memory through the eyes of a farm animal who escapes captivity and discovers the living truth of freedom. The debut story from Fables from the Free Earth, The Humane Herald’s new fiction column, where imagination reclaims the wild within.
World News Wednesday – October 2025 covers the month’s key animal-rights developments—from California’s declawing ban and India’s cultural exemptions to Korea’s Animal Protection Day and Jane Goodall’s legacy.
The world teaches us that freedom is a privilege, parceling out the sky as though the clouds were owned. A … More
The Clarity of Repulsion Some years ago, I helped develop a playful, quirky, non-scholarly personality test based on a certain … More
Top animal rights developments from around the globe. Oregon’s IP28 Campaign Accelerates Toward Ballot Animal rights advocates in Oregon are … More
From courtroom battles to consumer bans, the global fight for animals surged forward this week—despite setbacks in U.S. legislation. Animal … More
Humane National Committee (HNC) Structure The Humane National Committee (HNC) is the future governing body of the Humane Party. Its … More
The New York Times is suddenly worried about science—because hunters are. But where was this energy when bird banding served … More
The animal-exploitation industries and their political representatives place their hope in keeping the animal-protection community divided against itself. Such division … More
Summary: The Humane Party has published the fifth full draft of the Abolition Amendment, a proposed amendment to the United … More
Summary: The Humane Party has published the fourth full draft of the Abolition Amendment, a proposed amendment to the United … More
The Humane Party—which is the nation’s first and currently only political party committed to animal rights—began registering voters yesterday in … More
Since the perfect-voting-record (or “PVR”) fallacy is becoming almost ubiquitous, the following excerpt from an article that first appeared on … More
________________ Reader Dear Humane Herald, What [animal rights activists] are doing is worthy of praise; I am often disturbed by … More
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