Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Black and neurodivergent identity in the workplace. I was seven years old when I first got my hair straightened. I ...

From the larger-than-life Afros of the 1970s to the finger waves and French rolls of the 1990s, Black natural hair movements have had many iterations. And over the last decade and a half, the modern ...

The history of bonnets is not lost on Black households. For many Black women and men, wearing a bonnet to bed has been the way of protecting our hair and keeping it moisturized throughout the night.

A new crop of businesses is claiming a growing share of a billion-dollar industry. By Tiffany Martinbrough For more than a decade, Whitney White, a.k.a. @naptural85, has posted hair tutorials on ...

This article is part of The Athletic’s series marking UK Black History Month. To view the whole collection, click here. It was July 2024 during an England national team camp in the Netherlands, and ...