x If you’ve read Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer’s bestselling paean to the Earth and its beings, The Serviceberry is a natural extension to the conversations she cultivated. Expanded from a ...

Ashley N’Dakpri at her braiding salon in Gretna, Louisiana. Ashley N’Dakpri runs a braiding salon in Gretna, Louisiana but it’s almost impossible for her to find braiders who can work legally.

At the top of the list? A new protective hairstyle. Braids are a staple style year-round, but as the weather begins to transition, they are the style naturals rely on time and time again.

Doctors are calling it a health emergency: A new study found harmful, cancer-causing chemicals in some synthetic braiding hair products. Channel 2’s Audrey Washington spoke with health experts ...

"To echo the dress’s razor-sharp tailoring, I created a slicked-back, origami braid hairstyle that was sleek, intentional, and radiated strength." Her slicked-back strands give way to a clean ...

A new study found cancer-causing chemicals in several synthetic hair brands used in a number of popular braiding styles. Channel 2’s Audrey Washington talked to doctors and stylists who said the ...

New reports are shedding light on a troubling reality: popular synthetic braiding hair brands have tested positive for toxic chemicals, including formaldehyde and lead, both linked to […] ...

Much of the synthetic braiding hair, human hair for extensions, wigs and weaves, styling tools, braiding gel and other products is imported from or has packaging from China, which was subject to a ...

3 BRAIDING SWEETGRASS (Milkweed, $22). By Robin Wall Kimmerer. Essays by an Indigenous scientist offer lessons in reciprocal awareness between people and plants. 4 THE ART THIEF (Vintage ...

The cast of SpeakEasy Stage's production of "Jaja's African Hair Braiding." (Courtesy Nile Scott Studios) When the metal grill-like curtain parted in the Roberts Studio Theatre, we not only ...

Now on stage at La Jolla Playhouse is the play "Jaja's African Hair Braiding" by New York-based playwright Jocelyn Bioh. The play opened on Broadway in 2023, and was nominated for six Tony Awards ...