black hair politics

Laverne Cox is already well-known to body an over-the-top look—it doesn’t hurt that the statuesque actress has the…

With so many new products coming to market in recent years, you’d think textured hair was a new phenomenon—but what…

On Monday evening, a Texas federal judge ruled in favor of a Black teenager who was told he had to cut his hair or…

One day, all of y’all are going to stop worrying about women do with their own damned hair (and reproductive…

With Juneteenth hitting the national radar this year, I think it’s finally safe for us to give up all pretense of…

Racial profiling is an issue that remains unreconciled in our country, but we’ll reportedly be seeing less of it in…

We all know how much Tamar Braxton knows her way around a wig; she even launched her own line of wigs and weaves in…

I remember well the age I was when I demanded to take over the maintenance of my own hair. I was 8 and a soon-to-be…

“Never read the comments” is the conventional advice given to journalists working in social media—where everyone’s a…

She’s the face of Chicago—and in recent weeks, the star of countless memes since sternly yet effectively locking…

Folks, we have a lot of time on our hands these days—OK, too much—which means a lot us are spending way too much…

As if we needed another excuse not to style our hair while self-isolating, Rihanna has provided the perfect one.…

Madam C.J. Walker is a history-making black woman. Born in 1867 (two years after the end of slavery), she grew up on…

File this under the exceedingly slim folder labeled “Good News in 2020": Virginia has become the first Southern…

Texas high schooler Deandre Arnold may not be walking with his graduating class at Barbers Hill High School in Mont…

In the midst of an impeachment trial that is fraught with obfuscation, transparency in politics is a rare and…

Howard University, aka “The Mecca,” has been known to produce greatness, and one of those products is none other…

It’s not unusual for schools to have dress codes. I remember my school basically saying don’t wear gang insignia,…

I didn’t expect to get choked up in front of Ayanna Pressley.

Toto, I don’t think we’re going to have trouble wearing our naturally textured hair in Kansas anymore—at least, we…