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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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Things I'm Thinking 08/07/13

Comments (0) | Alcohol, Arab spring, aurora shooting, austerity, austerity measures, boston marathon bombing, counterterrorism, deficit spending, democracy, discovery channel, drinking, drinking age, Drunk Driving, Dzhokar Tsarnaev, economic futures, economy, egypt, embassies, embassy closures, eu, european union, eurozone, finance, Foreign Policy, foreignpolicy.com, Germany, Gitmo, guantanamo bay, guns, Ireland, James Holmes, Jay z, Liberty, libya, Middle East, minimum drinking age, morsi, Opinion, public safety, public works, Rotten Tomatoes, shark week, Smurfs 2, terrorism, terrorists, things i'm thinking

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Dan Morgan-Russell
Guest Contributor

This week's installment of Calum Hayes' summer opinion series, "Things I'm Thinking."

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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.

 

America Deserves Better Journalists

Comments (5) | ap, associated press, Benghazi, Bob Woodward, carl bernstein, cover-up, democracy, government, government accountability, investigative journalism, investigative reporting, IRS, Journalism, journalism values, justice department, Media, news, nsa, NSA surveillance scandal, Obama, Opinion, richard nixon, scandal, washington post, watergate

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Madeline Morris
Contributor

Regrettably, investigative reporting is all but a lost art in the face of the internet era.

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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.

 

Message From The Senate To America: Democracy Be Damned

Comments (3) | background checks, democracy, Democrats, filibuster, Gun Control, gun control legislation, Gun Violence, guns, Opinion, President Obama, representative government, Republicans, Senate

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Ryan Shaw
Guest Contributor

If the Senate cared about the will of the people, the background check bill would have passed.

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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 Truth About Hugo Chávez

Comments (15) | anti-imperialist, ap, bolivarian revolution, bolivarianism, Chavez, chavez death, Communism, democracy, Hugo Chavez, imperialism, Jimmy Carter, Latin America, latin american politics, Literacy, mark weisbrot, Media, nationalization, new york times, oil, Opinion, socialism, u.s. hegemony, United States, Venezuela, Venezuela social programs, venezuelan elections, voter registration, voter turnout

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Linda Fawaz
Contributor

Chávez’s legacy will live on for those who have bothered to look beyond the headlines.

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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.

 

Italian Election Spurs Voter Rebellions

Comments (0) | business insider, crash, democracy, dollar, economy, Euro, Europe, Eurozone crisis, flag, Greece, Italy, Japan, market, money, Nation and World, politics, public, rebellion, Spain, split, Stocks, vote, voter

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Eric Parra
Executive Producer

Stocks and markets around the world immediately began to plummet after Italy's elections. 

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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.

 

Egypt's Constitution Fiasco Continues

Comments (0) | democracy, egypt, Egyptian constitution, International, islamist, Mohamed Morsi, muslim brotherhood, opposition, Unrest

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Catherine Green
Executive Producer

Committee investigates voter irregularities.

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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 Second Vote, Vice President Resigns

Comments (0) | Constitution, democracy, egypt, judges, Mahmoud Mekki, Nation and World, people, policy, politics, vice president, vote

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Eric Parra
Executive Producer

The Vice President of Egypt will be unneccessary if the Constitution passes. 

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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.

 

Ghana's President Wins Reelection

Comments (0) | democracy, election, free election, Ghana, International, John Dramani Mahama, manipulated, National Democratic Party, New Patriotic Party, president mills, rigged election, successor, vote, voting, West Africa

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Dawn Megli
Executive Producer

Ghana reelected John Dramani Mahama to be president for a four-year term on Sunday. But despite high-voter turnout and modern voting technology, the failure of the biometric identification system led to widespread accusations of rigging the election. Does Sunday's election signal the next era of peace in West Africa's most stable democracy or will a contested election mean that Ghana's peace will go the way of Mali and the Ivory Coast?

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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 Biggest Threat To The United States Is Not The Fiscal Cliff

Comments (2) | 47 percent, Ben bernanke, bush tax cuts, compromise, Congress, debt, debt ceiling, democracy, Democrats, federal debt, federal government, Federal Reserve, finance, fiscal cliff, government, money, national debt, Opinion, partisanship, Progress, Republicans, revenue, spending, taxes

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Alex Blow
Contributor

The Fiscal Cliff is solely a product of our policymakers’ inaction.

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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.

 

How Southeast Asia's Media Viewed Obama’s Visit

Comments (2) | bangkok, cambodia, China, democracy, economy, International, Myanmar, newspapers, Obama, Thailand

President Obama and Prime Minister Yingluck In a Press Conference

Meng Meng
Staff Reporter

A look into Bangkok and more.

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