Every year when summer rolls around, I get knots in the pit of my stomach just thinking about how I’m going to swim without getting my natural hair wet. Traditional swimming caps have never fully ...

Hairstyles such as dreadlocks, cornrows and afros could soon be expressly allowed and protected against discrimination in Wake County schools. The Wake County school board’s policy committee backed ...

Discrimination based on hair texture and race-based hairstyles like braids, dreadlocks and twists, is now illegal in Michigan thanks to a bill signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. A crowd of members from ...

"Why are you so sad?" a TV reporter asked the little girl with a bright pink bow in her hair. "Because they didn't like my dreads," she sobbed, wiping her tears. "I think that they should let me have ...

Eric 'One Wash', the owner of African Royalty Salon says that women who have dreadlocks might consider shaving them as a way of breaking from long hair and change their hairstyle. "You will always ...

From Clutch Magazine: The natural hair movement among African Americans has experienced resurgence, as evidenced by the many YouTube videos, blogs, and products created to aid in grooming unprocessed ...

On Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel's office announced it will revisit the matter of AR 670-1. That's a recently revised Army grooming regulation that many black women feel unfairly targets ...

The U.S. Army is proposing a few changes to its grooming and appearance standards that many army vets have deemed discriminatory, particularly to women of color. MUST READ: BEAUTIFUL NEWS: 5 Ivy ...

Governor Josh Shapiro signed the CROWN Act into law during a ceremonial visit to a natural hair salon in Philadelphia on ...

SAN FRANCISCO – California on Wednesday became the first state to protect citizens from discrimination based on hairstyle, a law greeted with both enthusiasm and a touch of dismay by people of color. ...