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October 24, 2025
The Guardian
I asked Rosenberg what outcome she was hoping for. “My ideal outcome is honestly just whatever is best for the animals,” she said. “An acquittal wouldn’t set an actual legal precedent, but it would set a social precedent, to some extent, and send an important message.”
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October 24, 2025
The Guardian
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February 23, 2022
Two defendants face years in prison after removing sick piglets from the largest factory pig farm in the U.S.
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February 23, 2022
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February 23, 2022
The New Republic
DxE investigators are pressing for a trial they hope will go down as a pivotal moment in the history of the animal rights movement.
TOP PRESS
February 23, 2022
The New Republic
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February 20, 2022
California Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian (D-Van Nuys) introduced a bill Friday to enact a moratorium on new factory farms and slaughterhouses statewide. Assemblymember Alex Lee (D-San José) is a joint author on the bill, AB 2764.
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February 20, 2022
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February 13, 2022
UC Berkeley administrators claim the world’s largest chicken producer doesn’t use factory farming
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February 13, 2022
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February 2, 2022
Tip #1: You need an organizational system that you understand and use every day.
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January 30, 2022
The Intercept
The government wants to keep juries from seeing gruesome evidence of animals in distress, demonstrating yet again the massive power corporations wield in our current system.
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January 30, 2022
The Intercept
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January 24, 2022
Breaking Points
Matt Johnson discusses the FBI's campaign against him after he exposed widespread abuse in farms across Iowa.
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January 23, 2022
Des Moines Register
The government, in short, is an active collaborator in industrial animal cruelty. That animal abuse is routine does not make it acceptable.
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January 23, 2022
Des Moines Register
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January 23, 2022
The Guardian
DxE's investigation of ventilation shutdown is probably the most important investigation in more than a decade, said Justin Marceau, an animal law scholar and professor at the University of Denver.
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January 23, 2022
The Guardian
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November 1, 2017
The Intercept
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October 5, 2017
The Intercept
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September 14, 2017
The Washington Post
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July 6, 2017
The New York Times
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October 20, 2016
The Washington Post
While the hens are not in cages, the video shows them crowded together, covered in feces and blood, struggling to breathe and attacking and even eating one other.
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January 8, 2015
The New York Times
An animal rights group released on Thursday a disturbing video of laying hens at a farm in Northern California that supplies eggs to Whole Foods and Organic Valley, among other retailers and distributors.
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October 27, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 7 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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October 20, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 6 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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October 13, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 5 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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October 6, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 4 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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September 29, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 3 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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September 22, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 2 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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September 15, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 1 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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September 12, 2025
The Perdue Rescue Trial begins on Monday, September 15th at the Sonoma County Superior Court in Santa Rosa, California.
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July 31, 2025
Trader Joe’s is known as “America’s most reputable brand,” and I’m learning firsthand that this might be because they relentlessly silence their critics and go to great lengths to protect their image from public scrutiny.
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August 8, 2021
Group behind Berkeley vegan transition bill says Newsom’s inaction on environmental impact of animal agriculture is unacceptable
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August 6, 2021
California residents want the the company to disclose supplier information, citing animal abuse and environmental destruction
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July 26, 2021
Berkeley City Council passed a resolution late Tuesday to switch 50% of city expenditures on animal-based foods to plant-based by 2024, and commit to a long-term goal of 100% plant-based.
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July 20, 2021
Activists want to keep the pressure on Mayor Arreguin’s climate commitments
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June 26, 2021
Chanting activists entered the store holding placards while others rallied outside
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June 14, 2021
Berkeley residents say Mayor Arreguín broke his commitment to support their divestment proposal
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May 28, 2021
3-day occupation at Governor Newsom’s home culminated with march to State Capitol building for “No More Factory Farms” rally
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May 14, 2021
Group currently being sued by billionaire track owners calls for end to horse racing, citing animal cruelty
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May 9, 2021
University administrators falsely claim agribusiness giant isn’t engaged in factory farming, according to students