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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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Which Country Consumes The Most Hard Alcohol?

Comments (0) | Alcohol, alcohol consumption, America, drinking, Food, hard alcohol, hard liquor, liquor, public intoxication, Quartz, russia, soju, south korea, violence

Drunken debauchery has become part of South Korea's social culture. (russavia, Wikimedia Commons)

Ashley Yang
Executive Producer

The answer will surprise you.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Obama Will Take Executive Action On Immigration Reform

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President Obama has long been a supporter of immigration reform. (Twitter/@azcentral)

Arash Zandi
Executive Producer

Obama will weigh his options at the end of the summer.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

What Columbine, 'Slender Man' And Elliot Rodger Tell Us About Mental Health Stigma

Comments (2) | America, boogeyman, bullying, Columbine, Columnists, columns, creepy pasta, Depression, discrimination, dylan klebold, elliot rodger, eric harris, feminism, guns, Media, memes, mental health, misogyny, reaction time, Santa Barbara, shooting, slenderman, stigma, uc santa barbara, ucsb

We need to focus on mental health before it's too late.

Ariana Aboulafia
Columnist

Violence has a common denominator.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Despite Setbacks, Religious Attire Accommodations Making Headway

Comments (2) | America, India, Major Kamaljeet Kalsi, Military, Nation and World, pentagon, Rights, Sikh, Sikhism

Workforce and military policies have unjustly barred members of the Sikh community from expressing their religion, but slowly, t

Jerome Campbell
Contributor

Workforce and military policies are making way for the Sikh community.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Cruisin' And Lugin': Erin Hamlin Brings Back A Bronze

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Luging: The most dangerous and disregarded of Olympic sports.

Durga Ghosh
Staff Writer

Will an American medal finally get luging the attention it deserves?

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Circumcision Harmful And Unnecessary

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Boys Deserve Better

Josephine Lim
Guest Contributor

Growing up in a culture that normalizes male genital cutting, I hadn’t thought much about circumcision. Then I realized foreskin is awesome.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

'Sluts' At The Super Bowl: How We're Part Of The Problem

Comments (0) | America, children, children's rights, derogatory, football, game, human trafficking, kidnap, Language, MetLife Stadium, New Jersey, Opinion, prostitution, rape, sex, sex trafficking, sex work, sexual assault, Slavery, slut shaming, Sunday, Superbowl, Superbowl Sunday, touchdown, victim blaming, violence against women, women's rights, world

Luis Rasilvi, Creative Commons

Judy Lee
Contributor

"Whore: a woman who sleeps with everyone but you."

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Ted Lieu To Run For Waxman's Seat

Comments (1) | 28th District, America, base, campaign, climate change, Congress, constituents, Democrats, district, election, Henry Waxman, house of representatives, Los Angeles, Los Angeles and Region, Loves, running, southern california edison, state senate, ted lieu, zev yaroslavsky

State Sen. Ted Lieu and Gov. Jerry Brown in 2011. (Paresh Dave/Neon Tommy)

Max Schwartz
Senior Reporter

State Senator Ted Lieu to join the race for for Henry Waxman's seat, upon Waxman's retirement. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Rodman Plus Six Take On North Korea Team

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Rodman

Eric Parra
Executive Producer

Rodman is taking some friends over for Kim Jong Un's Birthday.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

A Thankful Black Friday

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Hannah Luk, Neon Tommy

Hannah Luk
Opinion Artist

The pilgrims should've been getting new outfits.  

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