At a hearing last month, U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland of the Northern District of Illinois pushed back against Baker ...

Black women around the world spend hours at a time getting synthetic braids but are wondering if the convenience and fashion benefits are outweighed by potential health hazards.

Thousands of Black women across the country are suing chemical relaxer manufacturers, alleging the products caused cancer.

Thousands of women sue after two studies, that followed a combined 78,000 women, showed an association between hair relaxer ...

Black women often have thick, textured hair, and many turn to hair relaxers for a sleek, smooth, and soft look. However, research now shows that these chemical products pose serious health risks, ...

White T-shirts get a lot of attention, but let’s not forget their equally versatile counterpart: the exceedingly wearable, deceptively simple black T-shirt ... a “bigger guy up top ...

Two Washington, D.C., officers who were convicted in the 2020 death of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown have been reinstated to the city’s police force after being pardoned by President Donald Trump.

He won for his work on the Broadway musical adaptation “Wicked.” By Marc Tracy Paul Tazewell became the first Black man to win the Oscar for best costume design Sunday. Honored for his work on ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Paul Tazewell, winner of the award for best costume design for “Wicked,” poses in the press room at the ...

“Wicked’s” Paul Tazewell has made Oscars history by becoming the first Black man to win for best costume design. Tazewell, a previous nominee for “West Side Story,” already has an Emmy ...

The costume designer behind the hit musical film Wicked is the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Costume Design. Paul Tazewell, 60, brought the crowd to its feet in applause as he ...