Health Apr 19 How synthetic braiding hair may be putting Black women’s health in jeopardy By Zoie Lambert, Kaisha Young, Ali Rogin
Politics Mar 18 WATCH: House passes CROWN Act, a bill that outlaws discrimination based on hair Black people who wear hairstyles like Afros, cornrows or tightly coiled twists should not face bias in society, school and the workplace, the U.S. House said Friday in voting to make it explicit that such discrimination is a violation of… By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press
Nation Apr 02 Watch 8:46 How hair discrimination impacts Black Americans in their personal lives and the workplace Last month, Connecticut became one of a growing number of states to make race-based hair discrimination illegal. Yamiche Alcindor reports on how Black Americans often face discrimination because of the way they wear their hair, especially in school and at… By Yamiche Alcindor, Rachel Wellford, Bria Lloyd, Candice Norwood
Nation Jul 16 ‘It makes me feel confident, it gives me my look’ — Festival celebrates natural hair Curlfest is an annual celebration of multicultural beauty and natural hair in Brooklyn, New York. By Jenna Gray
Science Jun 24 Naked lizard proves hair, scales and feathers descend from single reptilian ancestor, study says A decades-long scientific debate is finally resolved, thanks to a scaleless mutant lizard. By Leigh Anne Tiffany
Mar 03 What’s behind a unibrow? By Leah Samuel, STAT Sometimes it seems like hair does everything except what you want it to do. A new study of the genes behind balding, hair curliness and other hair conditions could help explain why hair sometimes sprouts between our eyebrows, turns gray,… Continue reading
Nov 20 Researchers Decode DNA of Woolly Mammoth By PBS News Hour Scientists have mapped out much of the genetic code of the extinct woolly mammoth, opening the door to the possibility of recreating the animal and perhaps other extinct species within the next 20 years. Continue reading