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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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International Female Journalists Celebrated For Courage

Comments (0) | Anja Niedringhaus, Arwa Damon, Brankica Stankovic, CNN, Courage in Journalism Awards, Democratic Republic of Congo, journalists, Le Souverain, Media, press freedom, RTV, RTV B92, Serbia, Solange Lusiku Nsimire, women's rights

CNN's Lisa Ling presenting at the awards. (Sarah Collins/Neon Tommy)

Sarah Collins
Staff Reporter

Female journalists facing threats of kidnapping, rape and worse congregate in a celebration of courage.

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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.

 

How To Deter A Genocidal Maniac: Strengthening The International Criminal Court

Comments (1) | 1998 Rome Convention, Africa, african union, Central African Republic, Columnists, crimes against humanity, Democratic Republic of Congo, displacement, failed states, fragile state, Genocide, global turning points, International Criminal Court, international news, ivory coast, Kenya, Kikuyu tribe, Laurent Gbagbo, Loa tribe, militias, murder, nairobi, rape, Rwanda, somalia, Sudan, the hague, uganda, Uhuru Kenyatta, United States, Yugoslavia

Steve Helmeci
Columnist

The ICC could change the world - if the United States would let it.

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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.

 

Ebola Continues To Spread, Raising Global Concern

Comments (0) | #EbolaOutbreak, Africa, deadly Ebola virus, Democratic Republic of Congo, ebola, Ebola outbreak, ebola virus, Guinea, Health, Health, liberia, nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, West Africa

Sara Newman
Deputy Editor

Over 670 people have been killed by virus so far.

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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.

 

USC STAND Hosts Event to Educate Students On Congo's Mineral-Conflict

Comments (28) | Ben Affleck, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eastern Congo Initiative, Enough Project Campaign, Genocide Intervention Newtwork, International, jewish world watch, Ryan Gosling, USC STAND

Victor Figueroa
Contributor

 USC STAND wants you to know minerals in your electronics could be funding a bloody conflict.

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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.

 

Hope For The Hopeless: Fighting On For Congo Women

Comments (95) | accountability, Activism, blood diamonds, Business, colonialism, conflict, conflict minerals, Conflict-Free Campus Initiative, Congo, consumer, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, economy, Enough Project, International, Opinion, samantha power, sexual violence, STAND, students, United Nations, USC, violence, war, women, Women's Day, world

Madelaine Behrens
Contributor

This Women's Day, consider the power you have to bring an end to mass violence.

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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's Syria Remarks And The Line Between Rhetoric And Reality

Comments (25) | abu ghraib, Afghanistan, Bashar al-Assad, civilian death, Democratic Republic of Congo, guantanamo bay, human rights, human rights law, Iraq, mass atrocities, Middle East, Military, Obama, Opinion, Sudan, Syria, syria intervention, terrorism, torture, war, War on Terror, world

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Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor

An intervention has little to do with protecting Syrian lives. 

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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.

 

UN Women Agency Makes Questionable Executive Board Decisions

Comments (0) | Democratic Republic of Congo, Opinion, Saudi Arabia, United Nations, women

Christine Detz
Columnist

Agency grants seats to oppressive regimes.

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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.

 

Geffen Playhouse's "Ruined" Tackles Tough Subject With Grace

Comments (4) | Democratic Republic of Congo, Geffen Playhouse, Kate Whoriskey, Lynn Nottage, Ruined, Theater and Dance

Rebecca Kinskey
Contributor

A tidy and compelling theatrical presentation.

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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.

 

500 Rapes In DR Congo As The United Nations Watches

Comments (0) | Democratic Republic of Congo, Opinion, peacekeepers, rape, United Nations

Ariele Pratt
Staff Reporter

Do the 500 rapes in DR Congo condemn the United Nations peacekeeping mission there?

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