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9h ago

'The Blind Side' isn't the only film that gets things wrong. All white savior movies do.

Oher's lawsuit is an indictment of movie audiences that over and over again lap up stories about white people saving some downtrodden Black person.
In this Nov. 25, 2012 photo, Baltimore Ravens tackle Michael Oher sits on the sidelines during the second half of an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers, in San Diego. Oher and his adoptive family were depicted in the book and movie, "The Blind Side." Oher will play in his first Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans, which is where his adoptive father grew up and went to high school with author Michael Lewis, who wrote "The Blind Side." (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
In this Nov. 25, 2012 photo, Baltimore Ravens tackle Michael Oher sits on the sidelines during the second half of an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers, in San Diego. Oher and his adoptive family were depicted in the book and movie, "The Blind Side." Oher will play in his first Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans, which is where his adoptive father grew up and went to high school with author Michael Lewis, who wrote "The Blind Side." (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
17h ago

Congress still has a big Matt Gaetz problem. But it also has a solution.

Yes, the 14th Amendment’s disqualification clause applies to members of Congress. But it's up to the House to enforce it.
Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican from Florida, speaks with former President Donald Trump, 2024 Republican presidential candidate, left, at the Steer N' Stein bar while attending the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, US, on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. Republican presidential hopefuls are crowding into Des Moines this weekend, hoping to make enough of an impression that voters will remember them come the Jan. 15 party caucuses.
Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican from Florida, speaks with former President Donald Trump, 2024 Republican presidential candidate, left, at the Steer N' Stein bar while attending the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, US, on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. Republican presidential hopefuls are crowding into Des Moines this weekend, hoping to make enough of an impression that voters will remember them come the Jan. 15 party caucuses.
23h ago

Why the Georgia Trump indictment is about much, much more than Trump

Why Fani Willis' sprawling new indictment is about a lot more than just Donald Trump.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in court in Atlanta on July 11, 2023.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in court in Atlanta on July 11, 2023.
1d ago

Fake electors and a ‘perfect phone call’: Here’s what led to Trump’s Georgia troubles

More than a dozen of the charges filed against Donald Trump in Georgia go back to a convoluted scheme to cast Biden's Electoral College win into doubt.
Rudy Giuliani at a news conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election in 2020.
Rudy Giuliani at a news conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election in 2020.
1d ago

The incredible significance of a Black female prosecutor indicting Donald Trump

Willis has made it clear that Trump’s status as a former president of the United States means nothing to her, and that she won't be intimidated by him.
Fani Willis
Fani Willis
2d ago

Why Trump may very soon learn RICO charges aren’t just for the Corleones

As numerous Atlanta teachers and school administrators have already learned the hard way, RICO — at least in Georgia — is not just for mobsters.
Former President Donald Trump. Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in "The Godfather."
Former President Donald Trump. Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in "The Godfather."
2d ago

The key to keeping Trump from office may be right in front of us

The Fourteenth Amendment clearly blocks officials who support insurrections from taking office. Now it's just a matter of enforcing it.
Former President Donald Trump
Former President Donald Trump
3d ago

Latino Republicans voting to defund a national Latino museum feels like betrayal

A Latino museum that gets things right is going to have exhibits that conservatives don't like.
The Latino Museum will open the gallery at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and offer exhibitions and programs over the course of 10 years leading up to the opening of the museum’s building.
The Latino Museum will open the gallery at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and offer exhibitions and programs over the course of 10 years leading up to the opening of the museum’s building.
4d ago

The secret memo and obscure MAGA lawyer at the center of the Trump indictment

The newly revealed document shows us how the fake elector scheme evolved.
President Donald Trump appears on video screens before his speech to supporters from the Ellipse at the White House on Jan. 6, 2021.
President Donald Trump appears on video screens before his speech to supporters from the Ellipse at the White House on Jan. 6, 2021.
4d ago

Villains, heroes, action! That Montgomery brawl video was perfectly cinematic.

In the most unexpected action sequence of all, a teen swam to the rescue and performed a professional wrestling move on one of the bad guys.
Stills from Montgomery dock fight in a film reel
Stills from Montgomery dock fight in a film reel