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Culture

Will barbershops and salons survive the coronavirus pandemic?

As COVID-19 shutters businesses across the country, barbers and hairstylists struggle to hold onto their clients

Culture

At Sundance, ‘Bad Hair’ stars a truly killer weave

Justin Simien of ‘Dear White People’ takes on the politicizing of black women’s hair

Sports

The untold story of wrestler Andrew Johnson’s dreadlocks

How the high school athlete endured his infamous haircut

Culture

Hair care pioneer Joan Johnson made ‘Ultra Sheen, Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen cosmetics’ a feature of black identity

Her company sold an uplifting version of black hair care — by any product necessary

Karl-Anthony Towns talks style and swag with celebrity barber JayR Mallari

Towns discusses how he makes his style look effortless

Sports

Who has the best hair in the NCAA tournament?

Here’s our starting five. Who you got?

Sports

Kaepernick’s Afro and the visual shorthand of radicalism

The quarterback’s hair and face always made a statement. Now it could be his trademark.

Culture

From the Met Gala to ‘Insecure’ and ‘Atlanta,’ what happens when the nuances of black women’s hair care are celebrated?

Women in nighttime bonnets and scarves and do-rags have been mostly invisible in pop culture — until now

Culture

Angel hair: Bronner Bros. International Beauty Show celebrates the artistry of black style

Sweet, sweet fantasy comes alive at annual event in Atlanta

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