When I read that Chris Brown and Ray J had released a new mixtape, Burn My Name, my immediate response was, “Have we…

If I tried to review the entire BET Awards, which went on for a smooth four hours, I would be writing until Blue Ivy…

Who could be bothered to debate the merits of adding two additional colors to the rainbow flag, a symbol of pride…

Megyn Kelly is full of shit. If there’s anyone who knows that in today’s media climate, simply seeking to “expose” a…

In the wake of a judge declaring a mistrial in the criminal case against Bill Cosby, his spokesman, Andrew Wyatt,…

When I saw the trailer for All Eyez on Me, the film about the life of the late Tupac Shakur, I thought it looked…

When your name is “Tinashe,” black folks don’t need Scooby Doo or a member of the Mystery Machine to guess that…

Hello, y’all. I’m Michael Arceneaux, contributor to The Root and perpetual masochist.

Hell hath no fury like a self-righteous messy bitch who lives for the drama of being scorned.

The most frustrating thing about Megyn Kelly’s new NBC show is that it exists. In the promos leading up to the…

When flooding gives way to the destruction of American coastal cities, when the increased droughts and decreases in…

Recently, New York Times contributor Michael Kinsley launched a Say Something Nice column about Donald Trump. Accordi…

I thought the Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland movie was going to be some trash. With all due respect to…

Roses are red, violets are blue, America is full of racists, what else is new? That was my initial feeling when…

When I heard Katy Perry’s Migos-featuring single, “Bon Appétit,” I was too busy body rolling to join a lot of y’all…

Of all the reasons to loathe that noxious loudmouth Sean Hannity, my top choice is that the Fox News host…

Hindsight is 20-20, but with respect to the 2016 presidential election, former Vice President Joe Biden seems to…

The King & I, the recently released duets album between Faith Evans and her late husband, the Notorious B.I.G., was…

Recently on her daytime talk show, Wendy Williams repeated a fable that the very pregnant, due-anytime-now mother of…