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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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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.

 

Meet Los Jornaleros Del Norte, A Band Empowering Migrant Workers

Comments (0) | human rights, Los Angeles, los jornaleros del norte, migrant workers, national day laborer organization

Alvarado and León at band practice. (Sarah Zahedi/Neon Tommy)

Sarah Zahedi
Staff Reporter

Music "creates and recreates the struggle."

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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.

 

Saudi Women Referred To Terrorism Court

Comments (0) | human rights, International, Loujain al-Hathloul, Maysa al-Amoudi, Middle East, middle east rights, Riyadh, Riyadh criminal court, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia criminal court, Saudi Government, Specialized Criminal Court, terrorism court, women's rights

Heidi Carreon
Web Producer

There is worry they will be used an an example to those who criticize the Saudi government.

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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.

 

The Terror Two Hours South

Comments (1) | autogenocide, beheadings, Bill Maher, cartels, child prostitution, child soldiers, citizen journalists, Columnists, columnists, crimes against humanity, Daily Mail, discourse, Genocide, global turning points, Gulf Cartel, human rights, Iguala, isis, islam, Jose Luis Abarca, Journalism, los Guerreros Unidos, Maria de los Angeles Pineda Villa, Maria del Rosario Fuentes, Media, Mexico, Middle East, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, organ harvesting, rape, reynosa, Ricardo Cesar Nino Villarreal, Sam Harris, Slavery, torture, Twitter, United States, war, Zeta cartel

Steve Helmeci
Columnist

More Americans have died due to Mexican cartel violence than in the entirety of the Iraq War.

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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.

 

No Room At The Table: America's Bans On Feeding The Homeless

Comments (0) | 2014, America, arrest, California, charity, coalition, community, cooking, criminalization of food sharing, diversity, economy, Food, Health, holiday, holidays, human rights, Law, legislation, Los Angeles, National, poverty, Psychology, society, thanksgiving, trending, youth homelessness

Ft. Lauderdale legislation against feeding the homeless clearly isn't stopping Arnold Abbott. (@youngestbrother/Twitter)

Christine Walsvick

L.A. is one of many cities trying to make it a crime to feed the homeless.

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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.

 

What’s Wrong With The Homeless Bill Of Rights?

Comments (2) | city parks, criminalization of food sharing, criminalization of homeless, food sharing, gentrification, hate crimes against homeless, homeless, homeless bill of rights, homeless discrimination, homeless issues, homeless rights, homeless shelters, Homelessness, human rights, hygiene, Long Beach, Los Angeles, national coalition for the homeless, Opinion, poor, poverty, public beaches, Skid Row, SoCal, Southern California

Marisa Zocco
Contributor

We should give the homeless our parks, not our curbs.

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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.

 

9 Politically Active Musicians

Comments (0) | ***Flawless, 21st Century Breakdown, America, American Idiot, American Terrorist, amnesty international, animal rights, Anti-Flag, Barack Obama, beatles, Beyonce, Billie Joe Armstrong, capitol hill, CBS News, Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche, Congress, Dear Mr. President, Demi Lovato, democratic party, feminism, ferguson, Florida, george w. bush, God Save the Queen, Green Day, Greenpeace, holiday, human rights, I'm Not Dead, Iraq War, jay-z, Know Your Enemy, L.A. Pride Parade, LGBT rights, Lupe Fiasco, mental health reform, michael brown, Michelle Obama, missouri, Music, Music, national rifle association, Neon Lights, no child left behind, NRA, P!nk, PETA, Police Brutality, politics, Queen Elizabeth II, racism, rage against the machine, Really Don't Care, Republican Party, revolution, Sex Pistols, So What, socio-political, Stand Your Ground, Talib Kweli, Tallahassee, Ted Nugent, U.S., united states of america, Vietnam War, women's rights, Words I never Said, Zack De La Rocha

Green Day's "American Idiot" is one of today's most politically-charged albums. (@amazonmusic / Twitter)

Michelle Tiu
Entertainment Producer

VIDEO: Whether it's LGBT rights or anti-war activism, many musicians get their inspiration from socio-political issues.

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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.

 

My Conversation With Adam Adli, Embattled Malaysian Activist

Comments (0) | Activism, Adam Adli, censorship, dissident, grassroots movement, human rights, human rights watch, International, Malay, Malaysia, Malaysian activist, sedition, Sedition Act, Sedition Act 1948, UMNO, UMNO Party, United Malay National Organization, UPSI

The morning of his sentencing, Adli posted a selfie, presumably in the courtroom. "Keep calm and be seditious!" (Facebook)

Michelle Toh
Editor-at-Large

"Keep calm and be seditious!"

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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.

 

Nobody Wants To Host the 2022 Winter Olympics

Comments (0) | 2022 winter olympics, Almaty, autocracy, Beijing, democracy, dictatorship, human rights, International, kazakhstan, krakow, lviv, Olympic Games, Olympics, Oslo, stockholm, Winter Olympics

(U.S. Army/Creative Commons)

Ashley Yang
Web Producer

This particular point of national pride is no longer welcomed.

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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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