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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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Death With Dignity: Why The United States Should Live And Let Die

Comments (0) | assisted suicide, Brittany Maynard, California, cancer, comfort, Compassion & Choices, culture, death, Death With Dignity, dignity, Freedom, Health, health care, hospitals, Illness, life, medically assisted suicide, medicine, nursing homes, Opinion, Oregon, politics, suicide, terminal illness, The Brittany Maynard Fund, United States, Washington

Marisa Zocco
Contributor

Shouldn't terminally ill people be empowered to determine their own deaths?

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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.

 

Thirst For Power: Lawmakers Behaving Badly During Drought

Comments (0) | #OneDayDirtier, California, Central California, conservation, Department of Water and Power, drought, DWP, government, inland empire, l.a., Law, Los Angeles, norcal, officials, Opinion, politics, riverside, SoCal, Southern California, water, water conservation, water crisis, water laws, water restriction

Marisa Zocco
Contributor

Come on, lawmakers. Time to set an example and let those lawns go yellow.

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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.

 

Why Do L.A. Journalists Cover POTUS's Arrival?

Comments (0) | air force one, Journalism, Los Angeles, Marine One, politics, POTUS, President Obama, USA

Even journalists take selfies when Air Force One touches down. (Rebecca Gibian/Neon Tommy)

Rebecca Gibian
Senior News Editor

Learn about the day in the life of an L.A. journalist when Obama arrives. 

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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.

 

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.

 

Chelsea Clinton Gives Birth To Baby Girl

Comments (6) | baby, bill clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Clintons, hillary clinton, National, National, news, politics, pregnancy

(Facebook.com/CheleseaClinton)

Olivia Niland
Web Producer

The child is the first for Clinton and husband Marc Mezvinsky. 

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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.

 

Proposition 45 Could Reinvent Health Insurance In California

Comments (0) | California, commissioner, Consumer Watchdog, dave jones, Democrats, election, health insurance, health insurance regulation, insurance commissioner, insurance providers, Kristin Olsen, november, November ballot, politics, prop 45, Republicans, state regulation, voting

Diana Crandall
Associate News Editor

Prop. 45 will create significant changes for both providers and members of the public if it is passed and made into law. 

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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.

 

Scottish Independence Spells Trouble For The Rest Of Us

Comments (2) | Alex Salmond, Alistair Darling, bank run, Barcelona, BBC, britain, Business, Catalonia, Columnists, Daily Mail, dollar, England, eu, finance, global economy, global turning points, Independence, London, Madrid, No Campaign, Nomura, politics, pound, recession, reuters, Scotland, scottish independence, Separatist, Spain, the guardian, UK, unionist, Yes Campaign

Steve Helmeci
Columnist

Think the Scottish referendum doesn't concern you? Think again.

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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 Ford Ends Campaign Over Tumor

Comments (0) | campaign, Canada, elections, mayor ford, Nation and World, politics, Toronto, tumor

Rebecca Gibian
Web Producer

The Toronto mayor stopped campaigning and withdrew his re-election bid so he can seek treatment for a tumor. 

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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.

 

Fighting Terrorism With Diplomacy Is A Bad Idea

Comments (0) | address, barack, Chuck Hagel, Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, ISIL, isis, Kerry, NATO, Obama, Opinion, politics, POTUS, President of the United States, speech, Summit, un

The U.N. knows how to keep the peace, not fight a war (Aramburu/Flickr)

Arielle Samuelson
Contributor

The president's strategy to "destroy" ISIL feels a little too much like a UN mission.

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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.

 

U.S. Calls On NATO Allies to Help Fight ISIS

Comments (1) | Barack Obama, breaking news, britain, Congress, David Cameron, Frank Wolf, International, isis, military action, NATO, politics, President Obama, Summit, Times of London, United States, war

Arielle Samuelson
Web Producer

President Obama wrapped up the NATO summit by saying that the "goal has to be to dismantle" ISIS. 

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