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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 …

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 …