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Can we stop trying to control Black Olympians’ hair? From Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas and Sha’Carri Richardson, Black female Olympians are still unfairly scrutinized ...
A new study from BLK’s #FreeYourCrown campaign highlights how women embracing curls, coils, and confidence like never before.
Gabrielle Union, Chris Chalk and more Black actors haves spoken up about hair discrimination on set. Experts open up about how to fix it.
Another quarter of Black women ages 25 to 34 surveyed said they were sent home from work because of their hair.
The women behind the Good Hair Day: Paloma Sandberg (l), Vanessa Daniels, Michaela Moua, Saida Mäki-Penttilä and Akunna Onwen More than 50,000 people with African background live in Finland ...
Black women's hair is intentional, and limitless, and historical, and influential, and deeply political in a world often incapable of recognizing the depths of its wonder.
Yamiche Alcindor reports on how Black Americans often face discrimination because of the way they wear their hair, especially in school and at work.
A new study that Black women are at a higher risk of uterine cancer because of their use of chemical hair-straightening products.
A psychological study has found that the amount of hair did not matter for evaluations of Black men's attractiveness and personality, but did for white men.
For years, Black women have used synthetic braids to help style their hair. But a recent study by Consumer Reports found that these fake hair strands can contain dangerous chemicals that pose a ...
Metro Hair relaxers may disproportionately expose Black, Hispanic women to harmful chemicals linked to cancer, infertility, studies suggest Published: May. 24, 2023, 8:00 a.m.
State lawmakers are making another attempt at passing the CROWN Act to ensure people with coily or kinky hair are not discriminated against in the workplace, school, businesses and beyond in Michigan.