Noah Berlatsky

Talking about race can get you into a lot of trouble . . . especially if you don't have a lot of class power or status.

"The look on Miley's face during Nicki Minaj's savage, expletive-laden rant says it all," Salon tweeted the day after the VMAs. Less than 140 characters, but still enough to link a black woman to a longstanding racial slur.

Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf: they're all still practically household names.

The acclaimed solo album of former Danity Kane member Dawn Richard raises questions about the very nature of "cred." Is pop antitethical to artistry?

A recent controversy at the Calgary Expo suggests MRAs care more about making opponents look bad than they do about discrimination.

The loss of gospel history has meant forgetting how important black women have been to American performance styles.

Scientists are hotly debating whether we should send messages into space. Perhaps they should consult Octavia Butler for some wisdom...

So, if there are so many ways to sing this song, and if it's meant different things at different points, why complain about Beyoncé's version?

For a second, it looked like the rabid hordes of gamergaters would be joined by metalheads. But #metalgate was never meant to be.

Bus ads comparing Muslims to Hitler have been replaced with images of a superhero. And not just any superhero.