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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 Toast To Chicano/Latino Graduates

Comments (4) | @columnists, @editor, chicanos, Columnists, graduation, higher education, immigrants, immigration, latinos, social networking, The Coming Majority

Claudia Meléndez Salinas
Columnist
Many programs have been started to make second generation Latino students succeed. Sadly, it's often people like me who end up benefiting from them, and on top of that, we end up serving as a measuring stick for what a Latino, an immigrant, even a second generation should look like. It's not fair.Read more...
 

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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.

 

PODCAST: Senator Swaps Teams, Joins Dems

Comments (1) | @columnists, Beltway Mashup, Los Angeles

Torey Van Oot
Columnist
LISTEN Beltway Mashup talks with Republican campaign strategist and blogger Joshua Sharp about what longtime Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter's secession from the Grand 'Ole Party means for the right. Read more...
 

Buzz

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.

 

An American Family At A Theater Near You

Comments (0) | @columnists, @editor, Columnists, The Coming Majority

Claudia Meléndez Salinas
Columnist
The Flores family in Lydia, a new play by Octavio Solis, is an American family that happens to speak Spanglish, listen to Pedro Infante, and celebrate quinceañeras as a right of passage.Read more...
 

Buzz

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.

 

Justice? Or "Just Us?" Racism and Profit In The Prison System

Comments (2) | @columnists, American Violet, classism, Columnists, Department of Justice, injustice, movie, One Tenth's Take, prison, racism

Amber Mobley
Columnist
In a classic joke about black men in prison, the late, great, always controversial Richard Pryor said: "You go down there looking for justice; that's what you find: just us." The newly-relased movie "American Violet" suggests that Pryor was right. Read more...
 

Buzz

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.

 

Of Tancredo, Immigrants, And Freedom Of Speech

Comments (0) | @columnists, Columnists, freedom of speech, immigration, immigration reform, Michelle Malkin, Tancredo, The Coming Majority

Claudia Meléndez Salinas
Columnist
I'm not sure those students in North Carolina were the first ones to disrupt Tancredo's speech. Read more...
 

Buzz

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.

 

V-BLOG: A Presidential Pup

Comments (2) | @columnists, Beltway Mashup, Columnists

Torey Van Oot
Columnist
Portuguese Water Dog vs. Labradoodle? Breeder vs. Shelter? Change vs. Experience? Torey Van Oot and guests sound off on the Obamas' new dog in Beltway Mashup's first Webisode. Read more...
 

Buzz

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.

 

Dating Older: Double The Age, Double The Standards

Comments (3) | @columnists, @editor, age gap, Anna Nicole, Columnists, Cougar, gold digger, Hugh Hefner, May-December romance, older men, older women, One Tenth's Take, Playboy, TV Land, younger men, younger women

Amber Mobley
Columnist
From "Cougars" and "MILF's" to "Cradle Robbers" and "Dirty Old Men", some age-disparate relationships get kudos while others get criticism. Read more...
 

Buzz

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.

 

The Myth Of Black Versus Brown

Comments (0) | @columnists, Columnists, The Coming Majority

Claudia Meléndez Salinas
Columnist
Latinos and blacks suffer under the same economic system established by "the man." That's reason to unite, not fight.Read more...
 

Buzz

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.

 

Chuck Norris: Change We Can Believe In

Comments (9) | @columnists, Beltway Mashup, Columnists

Torey Van Oot
Columnist
There's just one guy capable of saving the economy, fixing the failing education and health care systems, winning two wars and restoring America's image abroad. And it's not Obama.Read more...
 

Buzz

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.

 

The Return Of The Dream Act

Comments (3) | @columnists, @editor, Columnists, The Coming Majority

Claudia Meléndez Salinas
Columnist
We educate them, feed them, teach them about America, and then we shut the door on them. All that money and energy invested for naught. How's that for irony? Read more...
 
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