2022 has seen a number of books for young readers affirming the beauty of natural hair and highlighting the difficulties children wearing their natural hair can face. The natural hair canon is not new ...

2022 saw an influx of children’s books embracing and affirming natural hair. We’ve gathered a selection of books published this year and forthcoming in 2023 that celebrate the beauty, uniqueness, and ...

Many Black women have experienced the ritual of hair straightening, whether through chemical relaxers that caused a familiar tingling sensation signaling it was time to wash the product out or get ...

SPRINGFIELD — For LaRena Clark, hair has always been about more than style — it’s about confidence. Clark, a longtime hairstylist and former Springfield Public Schools teacher, recently authored a ...