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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' 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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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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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.

 

African Leaders Meet To Discuss Crisis In Congo

Comments (0) | conflict-free, conflict-free resolutions, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, Enough Project, Genocide, Genocide Intervention Network, International, opinion, Raise Hope for Congo

(andré thiel, Creative Commons)

Cara Palmer
Executive Producer

The Rwandan president Paul Kagame, however, will not attend.

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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.

 

iPhone 5 Hype Perpetuates Human Rights Violations

Comments (1) | apple, conflict minerals, Congo, DRC, electronics, Genocide, gold, Holocaust, human, human rights, iPhone, iphone 5, minerals, Opinion, Rights, tin, tungsten, un, United Nations, World War II

Tin Ore, one of the four "conflict minerals" at the heart of this conflict.

Jonathan Stoller-Schoff
Contributor

Why are we continuing to ignore the greatest human rights crisis since World War II?

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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.

 

Violence In Congo Leaves No Excuses For Target, Wal-Mart

Comments (1) | conflict minerals, Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, Genocide, Opinion, rape, rule 1502, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, supply chain transparency, Target, violence, Wal-Mart, Walmart

(andré thiel, Creative Commons)

Francesca Bessey
Columnist

Congo scrambles for resources but retailers don't care.

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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.

 

Conflict-Free Resolutions Help Stem Violence In The Congo

Comments (0) | conflict-free, conflict-free resolutions, Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, Enough Project, Genocide, Genocide Intervention Network, Opinion, Raise Hope for Congo, STAND

(Andre Thiel, Creative Commons)

Cara Palmer
Senior Editor

How your cell phone could be fostering rape.

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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.

 

Conflict-Free Minerals Reform In The Congo: What You Can Do

Comments (1) | conflict minerals, Conflict-Free Campus Initiative, conflict-free resolution, Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, Enough Project, Opinion, Raise Hope for Congo, STAND

(Enough Project, Creative Commons)

Cara Palmer
Senior Editor

Why not focus the fight for conflict-free reform on college campuses?

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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.

 

Conflict Minerals Foment Violence In The Congo

Comments (2) | conflict minerals, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dodd-Frank Act, DRC, Enough Project, Genocide, Opinion, Raise Hope for Congo, SEC, STAND

(Enough Project, Creative Commons)

Cara Palmer
Senior Editor

Supply chain transparency is needed, as a step toward ending the violence in the Congo.

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