On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver explored the origins and negative effects of China‘s “one child” policy, the government’s controversial restriction on family size. The host argued that even though the Communist Party ended the program in 2015, the unforeseen consequences will linger for decades. The policy began in 1980 …
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In the wake of the Dayton and El Paso mass shootings, John Oliver underscored the public’s demand for “meaningful gun control,” the currently “weakened” state of the NRA and President Donald Trump‘s “pathological lack of empathy” on Last Week Tonight Sunday. The comedian opened the episode by summarizing how Trump …
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John Oliver is a professional wrestling fan, a fact he gleefully cited on Last Week Tonight. But he’s disgusted by how promoter World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has treated its wrestlers over the years — from intense work schedules to limited health benefits. With WrestleMania, the company’s flagship event, set for …
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John Oliver focused the main segment of Sunday’s Last Week Tonight on the disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a U.S. resident and Saudi Arabian citizen, and the controversial relationship between those two countries. Khashoggi, whom Oliver described as a “thoughtful and by no means radical critic of the …
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OnLast Week Tonight, John Oliver talked about the highly influential role of prosecutors play in court cases.“‘Prosecutors will decide’: It’s one of those three-word phrases that you hear so often you don’t even think about what it means anymore, like ‘User Agreement Update’ or ‘Some Restrictions Apply’ or ‘Tyler Perry …
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John Oliver highlighted China’s authoritarian bent under President Xi Jinping by outlining the leader’s human rights abuses and crackdown on citizen dissent. “The era of ‘hide and bide’ is over, and the era of ‘do as we say’ may be dawning,” said Oliver on ‘Last Week Tonight.’ “Because China has …
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