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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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Gentrification 101: Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind

Comments (0) | apartments, Atlanta, Boyle Heights, cities, Development, East LA, Echo Park, gentrification, harlem, housing, mission district, neoliberal, Opinion, politics, poor, poverty, redevelopment, regeneration, rent gap, ruth glass, South Central, Spike Lee, Transportation, underprivileged, underserved, university village, urban, USC, Washington D.C.

Alex Kanegawa
Contributor

It's not just about who benefits and who doesn't, but why.

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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.

 

L.A. Needs Public Transit, Now More Than Ever

Comments (0) | budget, bus, Bus Rider's Union, California, Car-Free LA, carfreela, construction, cost, day pass, Deficit, Discount, exceptional transit, Expansion, fares, green transportation, household income, increase, inequality, l.a., L.A. Times, Los Angeles, Low-Income, Metro Board, Mike Kodama, minority, monthly pass, Opinion, opinion, poverty, public, rail, revenue, rider relief, Socioeconomic, Subsidies, Sunyoung Yang, tap, Tom Rubin, transfers, transit

Alex Kanegawa
Contributor

"Old public transit used to go everywhere, from the Valley to the Westside to just about everywhere else."

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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 The Data Says (And Doesn't Say): Raising The Minimum Wage In L.A.

Comments (1) | Eric Garcetti, l.a., Los Angeles, Los Angeles, low wage workers, minimum wage, minimum wage hike, poverty

(Data visualized by Matt Heller)

Matt Heller
Contributor

How much are you willing to pay for your pancakes?

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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 Graduation Rates, Not The Minimum Wage

Comments (0) | Education, high school, income inequality, labor day, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, los angeles county, Mayor Eric Garcetti, minimum wage, Northeast San Fernando Valley, politics, poverty, San Fernando Valley, student, wage hike, young adult, YouthBuild Charter

Arielle Samuelson
Web Producer

San Fernando Valley's youth are quietly reaching for something better.

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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.

 

Mayor Garcetti’s Minimum Wage Hike Meets Skeptics In Boyle Heights

Comments (0) | Boyle Heights, Carlos Fernandez, city council, Councilmember José Huizar, CPI, Dollar Store, Eben-Ezer Dollar Plus, Eduardo Gomez, eli broad, Eric Garcetti, food prices, George Sanchez, Jr. Park, Leonel Mancia, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, los angeles county, Low-Income, mariachi plaza, Martin Luther King, minimum wage, payroll, Pharmacy, poverty, raise the wage, St. Louis Drug Company, UC Berkeley, wages, Yeya's Restaurant

Carlos Fernandez, right, owns Eben-Ezer Dollar Plus with his brother-in-law Leonel Mancia, left, and sister, not pictured. (Tayl

Taylor Haney
Staff Reporter

Raise the wage? An East-L.A. neighborhood doubts 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.

 

Citizens Disagree About Raising Minimum Wage In South L.A.

Comments (0) | City Council District 9, District 9, Eric Garcetti, labor day, Los Angeles, mayor garcetti, minimum wage, poverty, salary, South LA, South Los Angeles

Mayor Eric Garcetti gives a speech in MLK Jr. Park (Vanessa Okoth-Obbo/Neon Tommy)

Vanessa Okoth-Obbo
Staff Reporter

The mayor's proposal to increase minimum wage does not sit well with everyone.

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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.

 

L.A. Mayor Announces Plan To Increase Minimum Wage To $13.25 Per Hour

Comments (0) | California minimum wage, Eric Garcetti, income gap, income inequality, Los Angeles, Los Angeles and Region, mayor garcetti, minimum wage, Minimum Wage Increase, poverty, raise the wage la, wage inequality

Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles, listens after an interview. (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Will Federman
Editor-in-Chief

Eric Garcetti reveals plan to increase the city’s minimum wage over the course of three years.

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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.

 

Detroit Shuts Off Water To Ordinary Citizens, Ignores Businesses

Comments (2) | Detroit, detroit water and sewerage department, detroit water shutoff, human rights, Low-Income, Michigan, National, past due, poverty, water and sewage, water shutoff

The city was unable to explain why it did not go after commercial accounts as vigorously. (Bob Jagendorf, Creative Commons)

Ashley Yang
Executive Producer

The shutoff policies most adversely affect low-income households. 

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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.

 

Exceptional Transit: How L.A. Metro Failed Low-Income Riders

Comments (0) | budget, bus, Bus Rider's Union, California, Car-Free LA, carfreela, construction, cost, day pass, Deficit, Discount, exceptional transit, Expansion, fares, Gloria Molina, household income, increase, inequality, l.a., L.A. Times, Los Angeles, Low-Income, Metro Board, mike bonin, minority, monthly pass, Opinion, poverty, public, rail, revenue, rider relief, Socioeconomic, students, Subsidies, tap, transfers, transit, Transportation, vote

Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor

A little number-crunching shows how sinister Metro's fare increase really is.

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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.

 

DIY Abortions On The Rise In Texas

Comments (2) | abortion, at-home abortion, border, Catholic, catholicism, drug smuggling, El Paso, filibuster, hb2, Health, Juarez, Latin America, Mexican border, Mexico, miso, misoprostol, poor, poverty, pro-life, reynosa, right to life, rio grande, rio grande valley, texas, Texas border, Texas legislature, Wendy Davis

Demand for miso at flea markets is burgeoning as abortion clinics shut their doors one by one. (Macy, Wikimedia Commons)

Ashley Yang
Executive Producer

As abortion restrictions mount, poor Texas women are resorting to a pill called misoprostol. 

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