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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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Guantánamo Bay Closure May Be Closer Than Ever Before

Comments (0) | bill, Carl Levin, Congress, detainees, Guantanamo, guantanamo bay, hunger strike, National, Obama, President Obama, Senate, supermajority

Sara Newman
Deputy Editor

“We’ve created a path to close Guantanamo,” said Carl Levin.

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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.

 

Prisoner Solidarity And Justice For Trayvon Activists Join Forces

Comments (0) | California, CDCR, Danny Glover, George Zimmerman, governor jerry brown, hunger strike, Justice for Trayvon, prison, shu, solitary confinement, Trayvon Martin

Actor Danny Glover addressed the crowd (Lauren Madow)

Lauren Madow
Deputy Editor

The "Hunger for Justice" rally in downtown L.A. was part of an international day of action.

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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.

 

Two Gitmo Detainees To Be Transferred to Algeria

Comments (0) | Algeria, Attorny Cori Crider, cuba, Detainee transfer, Gitmo detainees, guantanamo bay, hunger strike, International, members of Congress, military prison, Omar Khadr, pentagon, reprieve, Secretary Hagel, White House

Demonstrations for previous Gitmo detainee Omar Khadr / Creative Commons

Syuzanna Petrosyan
Executive Producer

The announcement comes as dozens remain on hunger strike. 

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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.

 

CA Prisons' Use Of Solitary Confinement Hurts Families

Comments (21) | amnesty international, California, California Correctional Institution, california department of corrections and rehabilitation, CDCR, Daletha Hayden, gang associate, governor jerry brown, hunger strike, Ian Whitson, Juan E. Mendez, pelican bay, prison, Security Housing Unit, short corridor, shu, solitary confinement, Tehachapi, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture

Inmate Ian Whitson is serving an indefinite period in solitary confinement (courtesy Daletha Hayden)

Lauren Madow
Deputy Editor

Inmates conditions in prolonged isolation far exceed the UN's definition of torture.

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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.

 

Pussy Riot Member In Hospital After Hunger Strike

Comments (0) | hunger strike, International, Jenny Holzer, Kara Walker, Maria Alyokhina, moscow, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Patti Smith, paul mccartney, peter gabriel, President Barack Obama, prison, punk prayer, Pussy Riot, russia, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Yoko Ono

Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich (Denis Bochkarev)

Lauren Madow
Executive Producer

Maria Alyokhina accused her jailers of singling her out for persecution.

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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.

 

Guantanamo Prisoner Hunger Strike Brings In Medics, Red Cross

Comments (0) | campaign promise, detention facility, guantanamo bay, hunger strike, International Red Cross, medical personnel, Nation and World, President Barack Obama

A detainee is escorted from his cell at Guantanamo Bay (DVIDSHUB via Flickr)

Lauren Madow
Executive Producer

At least 100 of 161 detainees are protesting their detention.

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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.

 

Israel And Palestine Reach Agreement In Ending Hunger Strike

Comments (0) | Gaza, hunger strike, International, Israel, Palestine, Palestinian prisoner hunger strike

Paige Brettingen
Executive Producer

Palestinian prisoners have gone 77 days without food to protest the conditions.

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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.

 

California Hunger Strike Centers On Jail Within A Jail

Comments (4) | California, California, department of corrections, gans, human rights, hunger strike, pelican bay, prison, Security Housing Unit

Prison official deny that SHU is solitary confinement. (Creative Commons)

Aaron Liu
Associate News Editor

Department of Corrections confused about inmate demands.

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