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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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Do Rappers Make Good Leaders?

Comments (0) | companies, impact, JayZ, label, leadership, Music, Music, music industry, rap, society, Tyler the Creator

Gabriela Fernandez
Staff Reporter

Or are they merely just a figurehead?

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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.

 

Highlights From TechWeek L.A.: Greater Cultural Trends Of Tech

Comments (0) | advanced modern warfare, amazon, AR, Augmented Reality, Call of Duty, CEO, coding, culture, digital literacy, Education, engineers, entertainment, entrepreneur, future, html, Implications, industry, interoute, LA, Los Angeles, play, programming, Science+Tech, society, software, storytelling, tech, Technology, techweek, techweek la, transmedia, US, video game, VR, wonder workshop

Alex Gold
Staff Reporter

What’s next on our digital horizon?

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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.

 

I Went A Night Without Using My Cell Phone And It Totally Sucked

Comments (0) | 2014 Art and Film Gala, Arts+Culture, beverly hills, Cell phone, cell phone industry, connected, Culver City, distraction, Facebook, generation, GPS, instagram, Internet, LACMA, Snapchat, social media, society, Technology, time, Twitter, west hollywood

Cell phone. Cassidy Waters.

Cassidy Waters
Staff Reporter


Going tech-free was tougher than I thought.

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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.

 

Sorry, You Can't Compare Abortion To The Holocaust

Comments (4) | 19 and Counting, abortion, campaign, dehumanization, Duggar Family, Education, evolution, Holocaust, instagram, Jessa Duggar, Jim Duggar, New York City, Opinion, prochoice, Prolife, race, racism, reality tv, society, the Holocaust, tlc, university of alabama

Nika Shahery
Contributor

Someone tell pro-life supporters there's a more respectful way to advocate.

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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.

 

Is It Time To Re-think How We View Athletes?

Comments (0) | athletes, Charles Barkley, Pop Culture, Role Models, society, Sports

Kevin Mallory
Staff Reporter

With many athletes in the news for all the wrong reasons, is it time to change how we view athletes?

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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.

 

Untested Rape Kits A National Disgrace

Comments (1) | 400000 rape kits, 55 universities, anti-rape movement, Boys and Girls Club, Bridges Randall, college, column, consent, david lisak, Debbie Smith Act, Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act 2014, Detroit rape kits, endthebacklog, FBI, fbi updates rape definition, federal investigation, gender equality, Joyful Heart Foundation, Justice, lisak study, Mariska Hargitay, Opinion, opinion, paul miller, police, police department, rape, rape culture, rape kit backlog, rape kits, rape prevention, sex, sexual assault, sexual assault evidence kits, sexual violence, slut walk, society, Steubenville, the war at home, the war at home column, Title IX, title IX complaints, U.S., yes means yes

Corinne Gaston
Deputy Opinion Editor

400,000 rape kits gather dust; serial rapists walk free.

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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 NFL, America's Monster

Comments (4) | Adrian Peterson, America, Americans, child abuse, concussions, conduct, Controversy, domestic violence, drug abuse, fantasy football, football, gambling, greed, image, money, Monster, morals, NFL, NFL, NFL Commissioner, owners, players, power, racism, Ray Rice, Responsibility, revenue, Roger Goodell, society, Sponsors, Sports, Sports, Sunday, Ticket Sales, TV, viewers

What is our role in the NFL's disastrous couple of weeks? (@SBNation/Twitter)

Paolo Uggetti
Web Producer

The NFL has become a loaded juggernaut, but how much of that is our own doing? 

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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 Era of YA Dystopian Novels Is Ending: 7 Things Readers Will Miss

Comments (1) | adaptation, authors, Books, books, Chicago, cities, City of Embers, divided, dystopia, Ender's Game, faction, fiction, hoverboards, Hunger Games, Katniss, Lois Lowry, lovers, Margaret Peterson Haddix, movie, new york, novels, parkour, peeta, public transportation, rebels, revolution, Shadow Children, Shipbreakers, society, Technology, teens, The Giver, The Maze Runner, trend, YA, young adult

"The Giver" movie adaptation, based on the 1993 dystopian novel that started the trend in YA fiction, came out in August (@PanAm

Meghan Coyle
Staff Reporter

Lois Lowry: “Dystopian fiction is passé now." But readers will still miss the their visits to Panem and beyond.

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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.

 

How To Be A Male-Identified Feminist And Mean It

Comments (1) | a call to men, abuse, Activism, ally, bro models, dialogue, family, fathers, feminism, gas-lighting, gender-based violence, good men project, Harassment, hollaback, marginalized, men, Opinion, oppressed, power, rape, sexual assault, sexual violence, social change, society, violence, women

Evan Pensis
Contributor

Male feminism isn't just about speaking up - it's about listening.

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