Topic: the blind side

Michael Oher (Photo illustration by Salon/Scott McDermott/Getty Images)

Michael Oher on "Blind Side" going wrong

D. Watkins
Baltimore Ravens #23 draft pick Michael Oher poses for a photograph with his family at Radio City Music Hall for the 2009 NFL Draft on April 25, 2009 in New York City (Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)

Is "The Blind Side" a lie?

Nardos Haile
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Failing the "DuVernay Test"

Nico Lang
Tucker Carlson (Fox News)

The right's big racism lie

Brittney Cooper
Taylor Kitsch and Minka Kelly in "Friday Night Lights" (NBC)

Football culture's ugly allure

Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig
Danielle Brooks as Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson in "Orange Is the New Black" (Netflix/Jill Greenberg)

Hayley Krischer