A Molloy College initiative fostering empowerment within the community. Projects include speakers, conferences, workshops and outreach opportunities.
06/17/2015
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Landfill Of Lettuce: Why Were These Greens Tossed Before Their Time? 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
Leaders Express Outrage Over NY Blood Center's Decision to Abandon Lab Chimps 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
The Hunger Games: New CBS reality show exploits poor families by making them grovel for $101,000 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
Most of the Girls Rescued From Boko Haram Are Now Pregnant 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.
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04/23/2015
There's An Unseen 'Ghost' Slaughter Under the Sea Killing Thousands Every Year 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
Syrian kid 'surrenders' to camera because she thought it was a gun 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
Friday, April 17, 2015 This event will focus on Long Islander's commitment to sustainable lifestyles, strategies, and responsibilities - discussing what we can do to make informed choices for the future. REGISTER TODAY!
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
India’s Daughter: ‘I made a film on r**e in India. Men’s brutal attitudes truly shocked me’ 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 Dirty Dozen: 12 Foods You Should Always Buy Organic The Environmental Working Group released its 2015 report on pesticide residue in fruits and vegetables on Wednesday.
02/25/2015
Emotional Scars Of Modern Slavery Run 'Deeper Than Any Visible Wound' 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.