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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

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Modi Assumes Office, Releases 10 Point Plan

Comments (0) | BJP, democracy, Deng Xiaoping, economic reform, inauguration, India, India 2014, India inauguration, India unemployment, International, landslide victory, maldives, Margaret Thatcher, Michelle Toh, modi, Narendra Modi, National Congress Party, Nehru-Gandhi, Pakistan, parliament, Ronald Reagan, unemployment

Narendra Modi as he was sworn in as prime minister of the world's largest democracy on Sunday. (Creative Commons/Narendra Modi)

Michelle Toh
Assistant News Editor

The new leader has revised his cabinet and reached out to Pakistan.

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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

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It's Time To End The Filibuster Once And For All

Comments (0) | Alexander Hamilton, cloture, Columnists, Constitution, democracy, Democrats, energy efficiency, federal minimum wage, Federalist 22, Federalist 78, filibuster, GOP, Harry Reid, James Madison, legislation, majority, Mitch McConnell, Nominations, nuclear option, over the hill, reform, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, super majority, unconstitutional, United States Senate

Nathaniel Haas
Columnist

Conventional wisdom once suggested that senators would know when to stop talking and start voting.

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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.

 

Study Finds U.S. Is Not A Democracy

Comments (0) | Congress, democracy, great depression, National, oligarchy, Princeton

U.S. is now an oligarchy

Anne Artley
Executive Producer

The top one percent have secured 95 percent of income raises since the Depression.

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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.

 

Bad News For Campaign Finance Reform: 3 Things We Need To Change

Comments (62) | 2012 elections, bob huff, budget reform, california state legislature, campaign finance reform, Citizens United, Columnists, democracy, Disclosure, Isaac Barrow, Lou Correa, political reform act, Proposition 25, public interest, rod wright, Ron Calderon, supermajority

Nathaniel Haas
Columnist

Campaign transparency is a matter of public interest.

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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.

 

Global Media A Means To Freedom

Comments (2) | democracy, Edward Snowden, Facebook, Freedom of Press, freedom of speech, Hankyoreh, Huffington Post, HuffPost Korea, Journalism, korea, Media, news, nsa, Opinion, social media

Freedom of Press (Flikr Commons, ryanjreilly)

Steven Lee
Contributor

The Huffington Post partners with South Korea's Hankyoreh Media Group, famous for civil dissent through journalism.

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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.

 

Marianne Williamson Runs To Revive Democracy

Comments (0) | author, california congressional district 33, Congress, constitutional amendment, democracy, house of representatives congresswoman, Los Angeles, Marianne Williamson, politics, undue influence

Lior Haykeen
Staff Reporter

How she thinks love and compassion can fix politics.

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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.

 

The Obama-Castro Handshake And Diplomatic Implications

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Colin Hale
Executive Producer

An unexpected storyline from Mandela's funeral: the ten-second interaction between Obama and Castro.

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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.

 

The Indigenous Foundations Of America

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Ashley Nash
Contributor

November is Native American Heritage month.

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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.

 

Friends For Life, Dennis Rodman And Kim Jong Un

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Dennis Rodman

Eric Parra
Executive Producer

Dennis Rodman returned from North Korea with praise for his best friend and not much 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.

 

Egypt Looks To Next Steps After 'Day Of Rage'

Comments (1) | Cairo, Christians, clash, Coptic, democracy, egypt, Europe, fire, mass, Muslim, muslim brotherhood, National

egypt

Eric Parra
Executive Producer

The European council is deciding how to respond to Egypt's recent state of emergency. 

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