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Aug 17 2023
News
Blind Side family feud reignites a cultural debate
This week, former NFL player Michael Oher, whom The Blind Side is based on, filed a petition seeking to end his relationship with the Tuohys, the family who took him in. Mr Oher, now 37, alleges he was never compensated for the film and "received nothing" for a story "that would not have existed without him". The film-makers have so far not commented. He also accused the Tuohy family of lying
BBC News
Sep 25 2023
News
School board votes to keep suspension in place for Londonderry, NH varsity cheer team while investigation into alleged toxic culture continues
LONDONDERRY, N.H. (WHDH) - Members of the school board in Londonderry, New Hampshire on Monday voted to keep a suspension in place for the town’s high school varsity cheer team for the time being after allegations surfaced about a toxic culture in the cheerleading program. The allegations came to light two weeks ago, detailing what school administrators called “a toxic and pervasive culture of
WHDH 7
May 12 2020
News
Are masks the next front in the coronavirus culture war?
What’s happening: Debates over masks and other face coverings have been at the center of discussion since the early days of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. For much of that time, the conversation focused largely on practical matters, like how effective masks are at stemming the spread of the virus and questions about shortages for health care workers.
The debate has shifted in
Yahoo! The 360
Sep 22 2023
News
Eagle Pass a ‘war zone’ as thousands cross border illegally
One of two international bridges remained closed to traffic for the second day on Thursday, creating long lines at the other bridge and frustrating residents who were surprised that an emergency declaration was issued in this border town.
Eagle Pass Mayor Rolando Salinas on Wednesday night issued an emergency declaration he said due to the thousands of asylum-seekers who are streaming
Border Report
Jul 12 2022
News
Roe v Wade: Abortion pills a new front in culture wars
As a crowd assembled outside the United States Supreme Court, waiting for its landmark abortion ruling last month, Kristan Hawkins stood front and centre.
She held a microphone in her left hand and a sign in her right. "I am the post-Roe generation," it said, a signature of her group Students for Life of America - one of the largest anti-abortion organisations in the country.
Ms
BBC News
Sep 24 2023
News
Cold War-era test subjects: Government should pay compensation
ST. LOUIS — Ben Phillips’ childhood memories include basketball games with friends, and neighbors gathering in the summer shade at their St. Louis housing complex. He also remembers watching men in hazmat suits scurry on the roofs of high-rise buildings as a dense material poured into the air. “I remember the mist,” said Phillips, now 73. “I remember what we thought was smoke rising out of the
The Columbian
Jan 10 2020
Opinion
Even Old Dominion Not Immune to Culture War
Since 1969, "Virginia Is for Lovers" has been the tourism and travel slogan of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Advertising Age called it "one of the most iconic ad campaigns in the past 50 years."
But the Virginia of 2020 seems to be another country than the friendly commonwealth to which this writer moved four decades ago.
Charlottesville, home to Thomas Jefferson's University of
Pat Buchanan
Sep 11 2023
News
‘Toxic culture’: NH high school’s cheer program suspended over bullying, discrimination allegations
LONDONDERRY, N.H. — A New Hampshire high school’s cheerleading program has been shut down amid an investigation into bullying, harassment, and discrimination allegations, according to a letter sent to families. Londonderry Superintendent Daniel Black announced that the school board, with the full support of the administration, voted unanimously to suspend the LHS cheerleading program effective
Boston 25 News
Oct 31 2021
Opinion
The Virginia Governor's Race Will Be The Latest Verdict In The Culture Wars
Ever since the Unite the Right rally, in 2017, Virginia’s politics have been in flux. Is the state, like Charlottesville, a place under threat from reactionaries, or is it, also like Charlottesville, a place that has fought them back? This past week, two developments have pointed toward some resolution: a civil trial against the rally’s organizers began, and the city of Charlottesville
The New Yorker
Sep 29 2023
News
Hill Republicans warn of Biden's 'green war on cars' to court blue-collar vote
Congressional Republicans are tapping into union concerns over President Joe Biden's green energy agenda to court the striking autoworkers whose support he will need as he runs for a second term in the White House. Biden is pressing for half of all new vehicle sales to be electric by 2030 through a combination of pollution rules and financial incentives. The "Big Three" automakers have
Washington Examiner