White Girl in an Afro Wig? I Don't Care

October 22, 2012

Salon contributor Linda Villarosa breaks down her devil-may-care reaction to a white female blogger with a penchant for wearing an Afro. It's just hair, right?

5 Lessons From Africa About Fighting AIDS

The continent hasn't done everything right, but America should take note of these strategies.

Images of the Fight Against AIDS in Africa

A writer snapped these photos depicting the daily battle against the disease in Ethiopia and Zambia.

LGBT, Out and African: Life in Zambia

The difficult environment that Zambia's LGBT community faces is thwarting that African nation's fight against HIV/AIDS, Linda Villarosa writes at the Huffington Post. 

What HIV-Prevention Drug Means for Blacks

Truvada is a historic breakthrough -- but some activists remain concerned about access and proper use.

'Pariah' Filmmaker Scores Acclaim

Writer-director Dee Rees tells The Root how her own coming-out story inspired the film.

Obama and Me: Integration Babies

Like the president, who turns 50 on Aug. 4, I belong to a generation that expected a racial utopia.

The Gay Harlem Renaissance

Quiet as it's kept, a number of the brightest lights of the Harlem Renaissance fell along the LGBT rainbow spectrum.

An End to the AIDS Epidemic?

In a time of tight resources, who should get a breakthrough HIV medicine? The sick -- or those who want to avoid being sick?

Not Your Typical Guide to Black New York

The Black Bucket List heads to New York, where we discover there's so much more to black history than the Harlem Renaissance -- like Do or Die Bed-Stuy circa 1838.