Opinion
Bandz A Make Her Dance: Examining Hip Hop's Strip Club Love
One woman looks into hip hop’s history with women on the pole and wonders why we love the strippers so much. Read more
[Opinion] Why Talib Kweli Is 100 Percent Wrong About "Misguided" Rick Ross
Talib Kweli stepped to the mic yesterday and said Rick Ross was a “misguided” 40-year-old. He couldn’t be more wrong. Read more
[Opinion] The Steubenville Rape Case: Sympathy For Rape, High School Sports and “Promising Futures”
The recent media reaction to the guilty verdicts given in the Steubenville rape case shows just how much further we need to go in our narratives of rape and sexual violence. Read more
[Opinion] Hugo Chávez: His Place, His Time, His Impact
TWV looks back on the legacy Hugo Chavez, who died yesterday at the age of 58 Read more
UFC on Fuel 8 Reflections: Wanderlei Silva, MMA & When It’s No Longer Entertaining
After a highlight reel KO of Brian Stann at UFC on Fuel 8, Wanderlei Silva lives to fight another day. But should he? Read more
Five Fights You Want After UFC 157
What’s next after UFC 157? Read and find out. Read more
The Harlem Shake, YouTube Data and Losing Hip-Hop To The Masses
With hip-hop charts being dominated by non-traditional hip-hop music, has the culture lost its say? Read more
Vh1's TLC Movie Will Be Great; We Hope
With its three main stars in place, can Vh1 pull of a movie worthy of the TLC legacy? Read more
[Opinion] Lil Wayne, Emmett Till And What Should Really Upset Us
In the wake of the non-troversy of Lil Wayne’s Emmitt Till line, we examine other notable references to the young man whose death helped ignite the Civil Rights Movement. Read more





