California lawmakers are working on a bill to protect people from being discriminated against because of their hair. The so-called "Crown Act" would make it illegal for employers to enforce policies ...

TAPPAHANNOCK Donna Tate-Allison pinned up her flowing dreadlocks while working as an Army sergeant in the White House during Bill Clinton's presidency. She wore shorter dreadlocks without incident ...

A Gisborne school's ban on dreadlocks and braids has been labelled "straight racist" by a local woman, who plans to lodge a complaint with the Human Rights Commission. The ban was announced by ...

A ban on learners sporting Afros, dreadlocks and braids is still in place at several state and private schools despite a fierce storm erupting on social media this week over Pretoria High School for ...

From now on the fashion-conscious can also keep cornrows and twists should they wish. The new rules follow close on the heels of the force allowing its airmen to grow beards for the first time in its ...

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 ...

Obsession with black hair is usually considered the provenance of black women, not black men. It is the women we see worrying about whether to go natural, relaxed or straightened—whether to weave, ...

Protective styles not only cut the time of your beauty routine in half; they're also a great way to protect your natural strands from potential damage. And while braids and twists are relatively low ...

If you're a black woman who grew up in the ‘90s, chances are that you probably fell in love with box braids courtesy of Janet Jackson in "Poetic Justice," Brandy in "Moesha," and Stacey Dash in ...

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