A school in Australia has done a complete 180 after asking twins girls of South Sudanese descent to remove their braids. The story first broke last week when 16-year-old Grace and Tahbisa were pulled ...

When it comes to braids, many institutions (and people) need a cultural education. Case in point: the braids Kim Kardashian wore and credited to Bo Derek are actually Fulani braids. Other examples ...

*A teacher on TikTok has stirred a storm of opinions on professional boundaries and the nature of student-teacher interactions after posting a video where his students assisted in removing his braids ...

A school on Chicago’s West Side is facing criticism and calls for change after it refused to allow a 4-year-old boy to wear braids in his hair. Ida Nelson’s son Jett went to school earlier this month ...

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Kienjanae “K.J.” Hooper’s senior year had not quite turned out as she’d hoped. On-site learning at her East Texas high school ended abruptly in mid-March due to the deadly coronavirus pandemic ...

We have all had those moments. You go to the salon and have your hair plaited in cornrows or braids. You love what you see on the mirror and everyone goes, “Oh! How beautiful, you look great.” You ...

We have all had those moments. You go to the salon and have your hair plaited in cornrows or braids. You love what you see on the mirror and everyone goes, “Oh! How beautiful, you look great.” You ...

*Nicole Pyles, 16, was standing near home base waiting to bat for her Durham N.C. high school softball team when one of the umpires stopped the game, approached her and made a demand. If she wanted to ...

Tyga, 29, was all about bringing his A game in the hair department when he appeared in his hairdresser’s Instagram video on Mar. 8. In the clip, the rapper was being playful and danced while looking ...

Zoë Kravitz is getting real about her experience as a Black woman in Hollywood. The 34-year-old “Batman” actress has been one of the industry’s coolest “it” girls for the last decade. Though her ...