Dreadz N Headz Salon's Malaika Tamu-Cooper hosts the Baltimore Natural Hair Care Expo, Black Follicles Matter, to celebrate natural hair and wellness.

Melanie Martinez's debut album Cry Baby tackles childhood themes but turns them into musical metaphors for darker feelings surrounding broken family and romantic relationships.

The Polycystic Ovary Syndrome community is growing online. But how do the symptoms affect Black women specifically? Experts weigh in.

What's On Shopping Life hacks 'My hair looks so shiny and healthy again - and it's all thanks to a beauty secret most people ignore' Melanie struggled with dull, damaged hair for years - but two ...

Lalonie Willhite grew up cycling through foster homes that couldn’t help her take care of her hair as a Black girl. Now, she's making sure Kalamazoo kids in similar situations don't have the ...

1968: Actress Diahann Carroll is the first black woman to star in a television network series, "Julia." She is a darker version of the all-American girl, with straightened, curled hair.

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The teaser trailer for the upcoming movie 'Kiss Of The Spider Woman' just dropped and Jennifer Lopez features with a transformative new look. See pics, here.

When deputies arrived, they said they found Martinez’ black truck still running in the middle of the street, with Martinez slumped over in the driver’s seat. He had multiple gunshot wounds to his body ...

Claire Murashima is a production assistant on Morning Edition and Up First. Before that, she worked on How I Built This, NPR's Team Atlas and Michigan Radio. She graduated from Calvin University.