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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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Extended Delays In Veteran Health Care Lead To Massive Lay-Offs

Comments (0) | delays, firing, health care, lay-offs, National, Robert McDonald, Secretary of Veteran Affairs, VA, Veteran Affairs, veterans

New Chief of the VA will begin lay-offs following years of delays in veteran health care. (DVIDSHUB/Flickr)

Arielle Samuelson
Web Producer

Robert McDonald will restructure the department following an investigation that revealed vets wait months or years for health care.

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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.

 

Death With Dignity: Why The United States Should Live And Let Die

Comments (0) | assisted suicide, Brittany Maynard, California, cancer, comfort, Compassion & Choices, culture, death, Death With Dignity, dignity, Freedom, Health, health care, hospitals, Illness, life, medically assisted suicide, medicine, nursing homes, Opinion, Oregon, politics, suicide, terminal illness, The Brittany Maynard Fund, United States, Washington

Marisa Zocco
Contributor

Shouldn't terminally ill people be empowered to determine their own deaths?

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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.

 

Ahead Of The Curve On Minimum Wage

Comments (0) | ban tipping, Brian Oliveira, Christian Mora, co-op, column, corporate responsibility, economy, Girard Brasserie and Bruncherie, health care, job killer, jobs, living wage, low wage workers, minimum wage, Opinion, poverty, raise minium wage, raise the minimum wage, raise the wage campaign, the war at home, the war at home column, Wal-Mart, worker benefits, worker co-op, worker pay, Workers' Rights

(@GuardiansUS/Twitter)

Corinne Gaston
Deputy Opinion Editor

Should businesses be responsible for worker well-being?

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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.

 

Coconut Oil Hype: Do's And Don'ts

Comments (0) | beauty, beauty trends, Coconut, Coconut Oil, fitness, Health, Health, health care, Lifestyle, trends, wellness

Coconut Oil Hype: Do's And Dont's (@popsugarau/Twitter)

Margaux Farrell
Staff Reporter

Oil in your hair, food, mouth, and more. Worth it, or crazy talk? 

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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.

 

CVS Kicks The Habit As First Large Chain To Remove Tobacco Products

Comments (0) | Cigarettes, cvs, CVS Health, drug store, health care, National, Pharmacy, removal, tobacco, tobacco products

Belinda Cai
Web Producer

The second-largest drugstore chain wants to focus on health care and help others cut back on tobacco usage.

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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 Rules Against Compulsory Union Dues

Comments (0) | care workers, compulsory, control, decision, dues, employees, forced speech, government, health care, illinois, in-home, medicaid, National, Pamela Harris, public, ruling, SCOTUS, Service Employees International Union, Supreme Court, the chicago tribune, the Daily Beast, Twitter, unions, workers

Does the ruling help or harm unions in Illinois? (Twitter/@MattyFanatic)

Kristy Plaza
Executive Producer

Supreme Court ruling has setback public unions in Illinois. 

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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.

 

Ban Lifted On Medicare Coverage For Sex Reassignment

Comments (0) | access, appeals, ban, complications, coverage, department, exclusion, gender, gender queer, government, Health, Health and Human Services, health care, hhs, insurance, LGBT, medicare, medicine, Nation and World, non-conforming, practice, Professional, Rights, risk, ruling, sex, sex change, sex reassignment, trans, transgender

Francesca Bessey
Executive Producer

The change may help drive private insurers to offer coverage for reassignment surgery as well.

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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.

 

Boehner: Shinseki Resignation 'Changes Nothing' For Veterans

Comments (0) | administration, boehner, CNN, death, delay, doctors, eric shinseki, government, health care, House, medical, Nation and World, Obama, Phoenix, Republican, resignation, scandal, Speaker, treatment, VA, veterans, wait list, White House

Full Boehner face. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Francesca Bessey
Executive Producer

"One personnel change cannot be used an excuse to paper over a systemic problem."

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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 Two Ferns Twitter Reactions

Comments (34) | affordable care act, Barack Obama, Between Two Ferns, health care, National, Obamacare, POTUS, Storify, Twitter, Zach Galifianakis

Funny or Die's "Between Two Ferns" (Image via @MotherJones)

Sarah Geisler
Executive Producer

Obama and Galifianakis talk drones, spiders, and health care. 

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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.

 

South Los Angeles Health Resources Still In Critical Condition

Comments (0) | affordable health care act, covered california, Depression, diabetes, diseases, Health, Health, health care, health insurance, high cholesterol, hypertension, Los Angeles, medi-cal, Obama, poverty, South L.A., Umma Clinic, underserved population, West L.A.

Umma Clinic, one affordable health care resource in South L.A.

Shaleeka Powell
Staff Reporter

Find out South L.A.'s percentage of resources compared to West L.A.

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