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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

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In Response: Gay Parents Aren't The Ones Hurting Their Kids

Comments (2) | anita bryant, Chick-Fil-A, children, civil rights, death, discrimination, dolce & gabbana, family, gay, gay rights, hate, Heather Barwick, Human Rights Campaign, LGBT, lgbtq, marriage equality, Opinion, parenting, Rights, same-sex parenting, save our children, Sharia Law, traditional marriage, violence, world

Nathaniel Haas
Contributor

Just because bigots dress themselves up with rosy labels like “children’s rights advocates” doesn’t make them any better.

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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.

 

Campus Safe Spaces Aren't 'Hiding' From Anything

Comments (0) | Activist, advocates, assault, civil rights, college, dialogue, discourse, discrimination, Education, First Amendment, free speech, government, Harassment, Judith Shulevitz, new york times, Opinion, Oppression, politics, racism, safe space, students, survivors, Trauma, triggering, university, violence, youth

Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor

Judith Shulevitz doesn't know my life - but she thinks she does.

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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.

 

Reaction Time: The Pros And Cons Of A Marriage-Centric Gay Rights Movement

Comments (2) | bisexual, Chad Griffin, conversion therapy, decision, discrimination, ENDA, gallup poll, gay, gay marriage, gay rights, gay rights movement, hate crimes, hrc, human rights, Human Rights Campaign, leelah alcorn, legislation, lesbian, LGBT, marriage equality, movement, Opinion, reaction time, relationships, Supreme Court, transgender, weddings

Focusing the gay rights movement solely on marriage equality doesn't make sense anymore (Gay Marriage USA, Facebook)

Ariana Aboulafia
Columnist

Marriage provides many protections; freedom from violent discrimination isn't one of them.

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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.

 

Gay Rights Groups Should Support Black Lives Matter

Comments (3) | #blacklivesmatter, black lives matter, blacklivesmatter, discrimination, ferguson, garner, gay rights, hrc, Human Rights Campaign, LGBT, Low Income, marginalized, michael brown, NYPD, Opinion, police, President Obama, Proposition 8, Protests, queer, Stonewall riots, violence

Member of the Gay Officers League (Neon Tommy/Flickr)

Jonathan Tolliver
Contributor

Gay rights will always be intertwined with the fight for racial equality

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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.

 

SCOTUS 2014 Preview: 7 Major Cases The Supreme Court Will Hear This Session

Comments (1) | 2014, Abdul Maalik Muhammad, Abercrombie & Fitch, Alabama, Alabama Democratic Conference, Alabama Legislative Black Caucus, Anthony Elonis, arkansas, civil rights, Civil Rights Act of 1964, constitutional, constitutionality, discrimination, district lines, evidence, executive branch, Facebook, FBI, First Amendment, fish, freedom of religion, gay marriage, Gerrymandering, Gregory Holt, hijab, institutionalized racism, Israel, Jerusalem, John Yates, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Legislative Branch, lyrics, marriage equality, Menachem Zivotofsky, models, National, Palestine, passport, Peggy Young, police, POTUS, pregnancy, pregnancy discrimination act, pregnant, prison, prison rights, prisoner rights, race, racial gerrymandering, racism, rap, rap lyrics, religious freedom, Samantha Elauf, same-sex marriage, same-sex marriage ban, SCOTUS, sketch comedy, sovereignty, The Whitest Kids You Know, threat, united parcel service, UPS, US Constitution, woman, women, women's rights, yarmulke

(Flickr/Neon Tommy)

Jenny Di
Contributor

With no same-sex marraige cases on the agenda, what will SCOTUS focus on in 2014?

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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 'I Am More Than A Distraction' Is A Bit Distracting

Comments (0) | #HeForShe, #iammorethanadistraction, #YesAllWomen, #YesMeansYes, boys, discrimination, dress code, dress code violation, dress codes, Education, equality, families, feminism, gender equality, Girls, Harassment, humiliation, individuality, inequality, masculinism, men, Opinion, protest, sexism, slut-shaming, social change, walk-out, women

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Marisa Zocco
Contributor

What's really going on with the fixation on girls' clothing in schools?

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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.

 

Gender Discrimination Is Literally Making You Ill

Comments (1) | Anorexia, anxiety, assault, beauty, bulimia, Columnists, cosmetics, Depression, diet, discrimination, domestic violence, Eating Disorder, Emma Watson, feminism, gender, Girls, Health, ill, Illness, inequality, Media, medical care, mental, nervousness, ptsd, rape, sex, sexual assault, sick, stigma, the state of minds, treatment, United Nations, victim, violence, women

Ariana Shives
Columnist

Why are women more prone to depression, eating disorders and PTSD?

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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.

 

Celebrity Won’t Protect You If You’re Black

Comments (0) | academy award, arizona state university, Barney's, beverly hills, black celebrities, Celebrities, celebrity, Charles Belk, Columnists, denzel washington, discrimination, driving while black, Earl Sampson, Ersula Ore, existing while black, fame, ferguson, Film, film industry, forest whitaker, harvard, HBO, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Macy's, michael brown, Milano Market, New York City, NYCLU, NYPD racial profiling, plainclothes officer, police, Police Brutality, race, racism, Robert Brown, Safe House, shopping while black, stereotypes, stop and frisk, the war at home, the war at home column, Trayon Christian, Treme, universities, W.E.B. DuBois Institute, walking while black

Corinne Gaston
Deputy Opinion Editor

We’re human. We shouldn’t have to be famous to get the country’s attention.

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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.

 

Bruce Levenson And The Flawed Concept of Self-Reporting

Comments (5) | Atlanta, Atlanta Hawks, basketball, Bruce Levenson, Controversy, Danny Ferry, discrimination, Donald Sterling, general manager, gm, Hawks, Luol Deng, NBA, NBA, NCAA, owner, punishment, racism, self-reporting, Sports, stereotyping

For Owner Bruce Levenson and GM Danny Ferry self-reporting their mistakes should not be suffice (photo via Atlanta Journal)

Paolo Uggetti
Staff Reporter

From the NBA to the NCAA, self-reporting has turned into the new scapegoat. 

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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.

 

'Gay Rights' Are Human Rights

Comments (0) | british, Christina Fonthes, Congo, declaration, discrimination, DRC, employment, execution, gay marriage, gay rights, housing, human rights, human rights violations, illegal, International, Justice, kidnap, legal, LGBT, Opinion, punishment, State Department, un, united kingdom, violence

Ariana Shives
Contributor

"You know, because I had lunch this afternoon, not ‘gay lunch.’ I parked my car; I didn’t ‘gay park’ it."

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