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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

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EBT Outage Sparks Class And Racial Debate

Comments (0) | classism, Classist, EBT, Electronic Benefits Transfer, food stamps, National, outage, racism, racist, shutdown, Twitter

Raishad Hardnett
Executive Producer

Twitter users took advantage of the temporary shutdown to make a series of offensive jabs.

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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.

 

7 Potential Long-Term Effects of the Government Shutdown

Comments (0) | 2013 government shutdown, Foreign Policy, government shutdown, Nation and World, President Obama, shutdown

Government Shutdown Rally (Photo by Keith Ellison, Wikimedia Commons)

Kaitlyn Mullin
Staff Reporter

Ending the shutdown might not solve everything.

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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.

 

Government Shutdown Continues: Seven Things You Should Know

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Washington D.C. struggles with government shutdown, photo by Sara Newman

Sara Newman
Executive Producer

Prisoners are being paid for their service, but prison guards are not...and 6 other things you should know!

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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.

 

Military Survivor Benefits To Be Restored

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The House voted unanimously Wednesday to restore military survivor benefits. (Creative Commons)

Kaysie Ellingson
Executive Producer

Funding for surviving military families is being supplied by the Fisher House Foundation. 

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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.

 

Furloughed Workers Shut Out Of Pay, In Their Words

Comments (0) | boehner, debt, debt ceiling, default, democrat, federal workers, furlough, furloughed federal workers, furloughed workers, government debt, government shutdown, john boehner, National, Obama, Obamacare, President Obama, Republican, shutdown, tea party

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Contributors

No work and no pay keep federal workers at bay.

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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 Turns To Lawmakers For A Solution

Comments (0) | Barack Obama, Congress, congress divided, democratic lawmakers, government, government shutdown, kaysie ellingson, lawmakers, National, President Barack Obama, President Obama, republican lawmakers, shutdown, the House

Kaysie Ellingson
Executive Producer

The President plans to meet with both Democratic and Republican lawmakers to discuss possible solutions. 

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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.

 

Furloughed TSA Worker Sees The Situation Rationally

Comments (0) | economy, Furloughed, government shutdown, Homeland Security, Nation and World, National, politics, Politics, shutdown, tsa

Beatrice Verhoeven
Staff Reporter

Due to the government shutdown, thousands of employees have been furloughed. (Creative Commons/Flickr User KAZVorpal)Transportation Security Administration employee Neil Bonner speaks out about his furlough. 

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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.

 

7 Ways Congress Could Be More Productive

Comments (0) | 2013, 2013 government shutdown, barak obama, Christopher Coppock, debt ceiling, default, government shutdown, john boehner, Obama, Opinion, shutdown

Congress is so ineffective right now they might as well watch the WNBA (Jeffrey Zeldman/Flickr)

Christopher Coppock
Executive Producer

Congress is so ineffective right now they might as well watch the WNBA.

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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.

 

Dysfunction And Default: Why The Debt Ceiling Is So Scary

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A default by the United States on October 17th will almost certainly lead to another financial crisis (Joe Wolf/Flickr)

Christopher Coppock
Executive Producer

Still worried about the ramifications of the government shutdown? It might be time to start worrying about the debt ceiling too. 

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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 Shutdown Playlist

Comments (0) | Al Green, Big Sean, Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe, Black Eyed Peas, Clique, Florence and the Machiene, Got To Give It Up, government shutdown, Hate On Me, Jay z, Jill Scott, Kanye West, Katherine McPhee, Kendrik Lamar, Leave Me Alone, Limp Bizkit, Michael Jackson, Music, My Way, National, Obama, Over It, playlist, Sara Bareilles, Shake It Out, Shut Up, shutdown, shutdown playlist, Sweet As Whole, Tom Petty Won't Back Down

Cortney Riles
Executive Producer

11 pump-up songs the President probably has on repeat! 

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