Center for Social & Ethical Concerns (CFSEC)

06/17/2015

This is a problem.

The bagged salad industry is growing quickly. Consumers love the convenience. But one unintended consequence is waste. We investigate why a truck full of edible bagged greens went to the landfill.

06/03/2015

The New York Blood Center's stunning admission that it has abandoned its research chimps after promising to provide them with lifelong care has sent shockwaves through great ape conservation and animal protection organizations worldwide. As prominent leaders like Jane Goodall speak out, will the NYB…

06/01/2015

As if to prove there are new depths to be plumbed in the world of reality television (because who knew?), CBS just debuted The Briefcase, a show which takes poverty p**n, class anxiety, emotional manipulation and exploitation and packages them all neatly into a pretty despicable hour of primetime te…

05/20/2015

05/07/2015

Disturbing news out of Nigeria: of the 234 women recently rescued by the Nigerian army after being abducted by Boko Haram last year, a staggering number of them—214—are pregnant.

04/30/2015

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04/23/2015

One group is on a mission to stop abandoned "ghost nets" from killing dolphins, sea turtles, and millions of other marine animals.

04/02/2015

This photo of a Syrian child so scarred by war that she stared into a camera lens believing it was the barrel of a gun and raised her arms in surrender has been shared around the world.

03/16/2015

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03/05/2015

There's a film coming out about r**e in India, called "India's Daughter". For those who receive BBC4, it will air soon. http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/01/indias-daughter-documentary-r**e-delhi-women-indian-men-attitudes

Leslee Udwin spent two years making a documentary on the horrific r**e and killing of young medical student Jyoti Singh. And it asks, has the attack really spurred a sea change for gender equality in India?

03/01/2015

The Environmental Working Group released its 2015 report on pesticide residue in fruits and vegetables on Wednesday.

02/25/2015

Scientists interviewed more than a thousand men, women and children who were forced into s*x work and hard labor. The result is the largest study to detail the health of human trafficking survivors.