Poverty by Policy: The Federal Minimum Wage and the Ethics of Abandonment

The federal minimum wage has been frozen at $7.25 since 2009, but workers have not been frozen in time. As rent, food, healthcare, and basic survival costs continue to rise, Congress has allowed the nation’s wage floor to decay into a policy of abandonment. This is not just an economic failure. It is a moral indictment.

Federal and State Protected Lands: Our Collective Right

What are our federal and state lands?  They are those pristine places where the deer and antelope play.  Songs of yesteryear enshrined in what are known as our National and State Parks, Forests, Refuges and Monuments.  Whether here in The United States or in any other country around the world, these areas are refuge. 

Excerpt: The “Perfect-Voting-Record” Fallacy

Since the perfect-voting-record (or “PVR”) fallacy is becoming almost ubiquitous, the following excerpt from an article that first appeared on … More

Editorial: Concerned Carnivore Questions Activists

________________ Reader Dear Humane Herald, What [animal rights activists] are doing is worthy of praise; I am often disturbed by … More