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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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An Open Letter To Max Nikias

Comments (4) | Abigail Lopez, employment, livable wage, living wage, Local 11, Los Angeles, Max Nikias, minimum wage, raise, unite Here, university of southern california, USC, work, Working

Matthew Tinoco
Senior Reporter

I implore you to imagine what life is like when you are a single parent with two children, two jobs, and a $1,600-monthly budget.

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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

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Corinne Gaston
Deputy Opinion Editor

Should businesses be responsible for worker well-being?

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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.

 

Minimum Wage: What You Need To Know

Comments (0) | 15, 15 now, California, cantor primary, david brat, economics, Ed Lee, eric cantor, gop defeat, house republicans, increase, living wage, Mayor Ed Lee, minimum wage, money, National, National, Obama, politics, poverty, poverty line, President Obama, san diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Fe, seattle, Senate, tea party challenger, Ted Cruz, upset election, wage, wage increase, wages, Washington, washington state

Sara Newman
Deputy Editor

Will the minimum wage jump to $10.10, $15 or not change at all?

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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.

 

Raise The Wage: Why California Should Lead the Nation (Again)

Comments (1) | 2014 federal minimum wage, absenteeism, California minimum wage, Columnists, congressional budget office, cost of living, Council for Community and Economic Research, Democrats, economic demand, economics, job performance, labor force, laboratory of democracy, living wage, los angeles city council, Louis Brandeis, november elections, Politicians, ripple effect, Ron Unz, San Francisco, state of the golden state, subsistence level wage, teenagers, turnover

Nathaniel Haas
Columnist

The pros outweight the cons on this one.

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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.

 

Obama's Presidency Isn't Over Yet

Comments (4) | bush tax cuts, clmate change, deffered action, Democrats, executive order, filibuster, judicial vacancies, living wage, Middle Class, nuclear option, Opinion, President Obama, Republicans, Senate, tea party

Christian Patterson
Deputy Opinion Editor

The Constitution endows the Executive with the power to make policy without appealing to Tea Partiers.

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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 Irony Of Fast Food

Comments (0) | Burger, fast food, fast food chain, labor, labor rights, living wage, McDonald's, Opinion, strike, wage

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Hannah Luk
Opinion Artist

Workers don't get a share in skyrocketing profits at fast food chains.

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