It’s the beginning of the year, a time when most people map out their plans for the next few months. This means organising ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has deprived us of so many things we usually take for granted — like a trip to the salon to get our hair done. For many women, it’s completely changed their relationship with ...

A short Afro adorned with a baby’s breath crown makes for an ethereal bridal hairstyle. The beauty of this look is its ...

On July 3, 2019, the first CROWN Act legislation was signed in California to “Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair.” Now, six years later, on National Crown Day, Black women around the ...

When Cynthia Collazo Pacheco was a 5-year-old girl growing up in Puerto Rico, she begged for a perm. After being called names like “monkey” in school, she’d come to think of her natural Afro-textured ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I tell stories about creating environments that empower everyone. An August 2025 experiment highlights the disparities in how AI ...

A nonprofit in London has launched a campaign aimed at getting emojis with diverse hairstyles. A group in Hackney, London, advocates for a more diverse range of emojis that better represent the ...

In this reported feature, associate editor Aiyana Ishmael dives into the long history of the silk press hairstyle and how it's shaped young women years after its first introduction to the Black ...