"I've been dyeing my hair for so long! The first time I 'dyed' my hair, it was with Kool-Aid, and I was about 15. I always had a hard time maintaining semipermanent colors—these are all the rainbow ...

South African singer-songwriter Tyla made history in February 2024 when she won the inaugural Grammy for Best African Music Performance. In South Africa, Colored people are typically understood to be ...

Every few years, a once-polarizing trend finds its way back into the fashion conversation (see: the return of low-rise jeans, peplums, and other Y2K-coded staples). In 2026, that distinction belongs ...

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Bunnie Jackson-Ransom remembers when she became black. It was about 1966, and a new breed of young and vocal civil rights activists were starting to reject terms like “colored” and “Negro” to become ...

Is the global turmoil driving sales of portable assets? Or is it just a love of rare jewels? By Jill Newman Alisa Moussaieff was in her London office on May 14, having lunch and bidding over the phone ...

Editor’s Note: John McWhorter teaches linguistics, American studies, philosophy and music history at Columbia University and is the author of “The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any ...